Acting DA Gonzalez dismisses 143,000 old summons warrants in Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez stood alongside City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James as he asked a judge to vacate 143,532 old, low-level summons warrants that were issued 10 or more years ago during a special session of the court in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Judge Frederick Arriaga called the move to dismiss the summonses “unprecedented” before he ruled that they should be vacated.
The Bronx, Manhattan and Queens joined Brooklyn as approximately 645,000 summons warrants were dismissed throughout the city. Staten Island is the only borough that did not participate.