Across downstate New York, the eight district attorneys representing Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester are dealing with similar concerns.

Attrition of legal staff and discovery reform were named as key challenges by every single DA, who said a variety of reasons—legislative changes, negative perceptions of law enforcement, low pay, the pandemic—have made the already demanding job of a prosecutor more difficult.

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