Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes formally announced his bid yesterday for a seventh term as the borough’s top prosecutor, emphasizing the drops in crime and recidivism he said have come under his watch. "Our office has consistently been at the forefront of the latest and most innovative techniques in crime fighting and crime prevention," said Hynes, surrounded by supporters, elected officials and some of the borough’s political leaders as he spoke at Borough Hall.
Hynes is being challenged for the Democratic nomination by Abraham George, a former Manhattan prosecutor, and Kenneth Thompson of Thompson Wigdor. The winner of the Sept. 10 primary will, in all likelihood, go on to win the office in the strongly Democratic borough. Both Thompson and George raked in more campaign contributions during the most recent campaign filing period but Hynes still has more total cash on hand in his war chest (NYLJ, Jan. 17).
