“Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” - “Let's Break The Silence Together”
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In order to track bad actors in borough district attorney's offices and other law enforcement agencies throughout NYC who refuse to investigate, arrest and prosecute crime perpetrators, we need to document the blowback and victim-blaming that women often hear from both the police and the district attorneys when we use the criminal legal system to attain justice. The Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is refusing to address the misconduct of her staffers and members of NYPD. These are telephone conversations between me and high-level members of the Queens District Attorney's office of Melinda Katz. PO Miguel Delacruz is an active member of NYPD. He committed multiple felonies and misdemeanors against me. PO Delacruz unlawfully surveilled our intimate encounter, threatened me, disseminated multiple video files, concealed the physical evidence. The Queens District Attorney's Office of Melinda Katz is not only refusing to prosecute PO Miguel Delacruz but is refusing to initiate a special proceeding in The Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term, before the Honorable Joseph A. Zayas, Administrative Judge of Queens County, Criminal Term, seeking the appointment of a special district attorney. I’m so thankful to have Maya, Larry, Priscilla, Adam, Rocco, Molly, David, Diego and other reporters working on my story. I am forever grateful for the tremendous support from my family, friends, my attorney, Joe Murray, and his whole team. "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied" - " Let's Break The Silence Together " Melinda Katz NY1 Debate, October 23, 2019 and Melinda Katz Twitter, April 8, 2021
Episodes
14 episodes
1 - 9/5/17 Yvonne Francis - Supervisor of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
Assistant District Attorney Yvonne Francis: On September 5, 2017: ADA Yvonne Francis informed Valentina that “we have made a decision that we are not moving forward. I need you to also understand that because one person recor...
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2 - 9/14/18 James Liander - Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
NYPD Sergeant Cliff Nieves investigation and arrest Members of the Queens District Attorney clearly mishandled Valentina’s case and obviously never had any intention of arresting Delacruz. Rather, they were just stringing Val...
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3 - 10/13/20 James Liander - Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
ADA Yvonne Francis and SADA Kadijah Mohammad-Starling: On October 1, 2019, during a meeting at the Queens District Attorney’s Office ADA Francis, in the presence of SADA Mohammad-Starling, informed Valentina that they were no...
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Episode 3
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4 - 10/13/20 Kadijah Mohammad-Starling - Deputy Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
Supervising ADA Kadijah Mohammad-Starling: October 13, 2020: SADA Mohammad-Starling referred back to their refusal to move forward a year ago and informed Valentina again that “at this point we’ve made a determination we’re n...
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5 - 10/14/20 Kadijah Mohammad-Starling - Deputy Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
Supervising ADA Kadijah Mohammad-Starling: October 14, 2020: SADA Kadijah Mohammad-Starling again informed Valentina that it was determined that the video was insufficient evidence to proceed, without providing any details as...
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Episode 5
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6 - 10/14/20 James Liander - Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
10/14/20 James Liander - Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau, QDA Office
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Episode 6
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7 - 10/14/20 Gerard Brave - Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
Executive Assistant District Attorney of Investigations Division ADA Gerard Brave: October 14, 2020: Valentina appealed to EADA Brave to review their refusal to move forward with the case. Joseph W. Murray&nb...
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Episode 7
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8 - 10/14/20 Gerard Brave - Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
Executive Assistant District Attorney of Investigations Division ADA Gerard Brave: October 14, 2020: Valentina appealed to EADA Brave to review their refusal to move forward with the case. Later that day EADA Brave called bac...
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Episode 8
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9 - 11/2/20 Gerard Brave - Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
Executive Assistant District Attorney of Investigations Division, Gerard Brave: November 2, 2020: Valentina again spoke with EADA Brave who was apparently directed to respond to Valentina by Chief Assistant District Attorney ...
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Episode 9
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10 - 11/4/20 Jennifer Naiburg - Chief Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
11/4/20 Jennifer Naiburg - Chief Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
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Episode 10
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11 - 12/1/20 Gerard Brave - Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
Executive Assistant District Attorney of Investigations Division, Gerard Brave: December 1, 2020: Valentina informed EADA Brave of the existence of People v Zapata, 41 A.D.3d 109, 837 N.Y.S.2d 110, 2007 N.Y. App. Div...
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12 - 12/7/20 Jennifer Naiburg - Chief Executive Assistant District Attorney, QDA Office
2020 Gender Survey authored by the NYS Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts The 2020 Gender Survey authored by the NYS Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts, showed overall a marked improvement from a similar 1986 su...
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Episode 12
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