Citing health concerns, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, who has been in office since 1991 and who previously announced that he would not seek re-election to a new term, said on Thursday that he is stepping down early.

Brown, who has Parkinson’s disease, announced that he will resign on June 1 and that his chief assistant, John Ryan, will officially step into his place until a new district attorney is elected.

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