Susan Cacace
By Dan Murphy
Former County Court Judge Susan Cacace recently stepped down from the bench to announce her candidacy for Westchester County District Attorney. The current DA, Mimi Rocah, announced that she will not be running for reelection next year (2024).
Cacace made her announcement before 100 supporters infront of the County Courthouse. “From protecting the most vulnerable in our society from domestic violence and child and elder abuse, to holding our government officials to the highest standards, to eliminating political corruption on all levels, to prosecuting the most heinous of crimes, sex crimes and homicides, every case will be given the attention it requires under my leadership and at the capable hands of the outstanding people who I will bring to serve in the Westchester DA’s office,” Cacace said.
Cacace has worked for over 30 years as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge in Westchester, with nearly 15 years serving in the Westchester DA’s office and nearly 20 years serving as a Westchester County Court Judge. She resigned from that position, as the currently longest serving County Court Judge earlier this month to dedicate herself entirely to this endeavor. The Democratic Primary will be on June 25th, 2024.
While Cacace has become the front-runner in the Democratic Primary to replace Rocah, four other democrats have nnounced their campaigns for DA. They are:
- Adeel Mirza, a former prosecutor in the Westchester DA’s office
-William Wagstaff a civil rights attorney,
-Sheralyn Pulver Goodman who works in the Westchester Independent Office of Assigned Counsel,
- David Szuchman, a former Manhattan ADA who now works for Paypal.
Cacace is from Yonkers and now lives in Eastchester.
Yonkers Democratic Chair Tom Meier said, “I think she (Cacace) is the most qualfied and most committed. She retired from the court to run for DA. She is born and raised in Westchester and is a long time public servant, as an Assistant District Attorney and a Judge. This type of experience will make her a great chief prosecutor for Westchester County.”
