The Suffolk County District Attorney, Thomas J. Spota, has offices in five different locations throughout the county with headquarters in Hauppauge. The Riverhead office is located in the Arthur M. Cromarty Court Complex and contains the following bureaus: homicide, major crime, child abuse and domestic violence, appeals and narcotics. Spota, a Democrat, has held the elected position since 2001 and last ran in 2009, unopposed.
The District Attorney's office handles all court procedures for the six cities, 15 towns and 22 villages that make up Westchester County. The office is housed in the Richard J. Daronco building in downtown White Plains. Inside, the staff is divided into departments including the homicide unit, the narcotics and firearms unit and the pleadings bureau.
District Attorney, Janet DiFiore, and her associates handle all court hearings for residents of Westchester County. The organization prides itself on the institution of new initiatives as needed and protecting all members of society against violent crimes. The proceedings of the White Plains Bureau are held in the city courthouse located at the corner of Martine Avenue and Main Street.
Offices for the Westchester County District Attorney are located in the Westchester Supreme and County Courthouse. The District Attorney's office handles nearly 40,000 cases a year, and is broken into five divisions.
The county's 38 criminal investigators work under the Investigations Division. In addition to working on investigative cases, it also works on homicide, sex crime, child and domestic abuse and other prosecutions brought from the other divisions in the District Attorney's office.