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United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York

Federal Law enforcement officer in Upstate New York

Summary

Federal Law enforcement officer in Upstate New York

Field	Value
name	U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York
jurisdiction	Northern District of New York
chief1_name	John A. Sarcone III
chief1_position	U.S. Attorney (acting)
parent_department	United States Department of Justice
website	https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny

United States Northern District of New York counties.

The United States attorney for the Northern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in 32 counties in the northern part of the State of New York. The current U.S. Attorney is John A. Sarcone III.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney. Its jurisdiction comprises the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, and Washington.

The court has offices in Albany, Binghamton, Plattsburgh, Syracuse and Utica. The court also holds court at facilities in Watertown.

History

The original District of New York, established in 1789, was divided in 1814 into the Southern and the Northern District. In 1900, the Western District, comprising 17 counties, was separated from the Northern District.

Second Trump administration

In the second Trump administration, John A. Sarcone III was sworn in for a 120-day term on March 17, 2025 by Attorney General Pamela Bondi per . As that term was about to expire, on July 14, 2025, Bondi appointed Sarcone as "special attorney to the attorney general" and then as first assistant United States attorney for the Norther District of New York. Per the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, he then was designated as the acting U.S. attorney for a period of 210 days, though the letter from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys claimed the term was indefinite. Sarcone has not been nominated by the President as U.S. attorney, and said he expected his designation to be temporary as he expected to be appointed as a judge downstate. The Board of Judges of the District Court had the power to appoint Sarcone or another person as U.S. Attorney until someone was appointed by the President after nomination and Senate confirmation, but the Board of Judges declined to exercise that appointment power, described in a New York Times article as a "rare move". Special attorneys have normally been named to lead a particular prosecution, and have seemingly never been used for someone acting as a U.S. attorney, with University of Richmond School of Law professor Carl Tobias saying he'd "never heard of that being done" and "It seems like they’re making this up as they go along."

List of U.S. attorneys for the Northern District of New York

Roger Skinner: 1815 - 1819
Jacob Sutherland: 1819 - 1823
Samuel Beardsley: 1823 - 1831
Nathaniel S. Benton: 1831 - 1841
Joshua A. Spencer: 1841 - 1845
William F. Allen: 1845 - 1847
George W. Clinton: 1847 - 1850
James R. Lawrence: 1850 - 1853
Henry A. Foster: 1853 (nominated and confirmed, but declined to take office)
John B. Skinner: 1853 (nominated and confirmed, but declined to take office)
Samuel B. Garvin: 1853 - 1857
James Clark Spencer: 1857 - 1861
William A. Dart: 1861 - 1866
George G. Munger 1866 - 1867
William Dorsheimer: 1867 - 1871
Richard Crowley: 1871 - 1879
Martin I. Townsend: 1879 - 1886
Daniel N. Lockwood: 1886 - 1889
De Alva S. Alexander: 1889 - 1893
William A. Poucher: 1893 - 1897
Emory P. Close: 1897 - 1899
Charles H. Brown: 1899 - 1900
George B. Curtiss: 1900 - 1913
John H. Gleason: 1913 - 1916
Dennis B. Lucey: 1916 - 1921
Clarence E. Williams: 1921
Hiram C. Todd: 1921 - 1922
Earle Gallufo: 1922
Benjamin C. Mead: 1922 - 1923
Oliver D. Burden: 1923 - 1936
Ralph L. Emmons: 1936 - 1943
Irving J. Higbee: 1943 - 1951
Edmund Port: 1951 - 1953
Anthony F. Caffrey: 1953
Theodore F. Bowes: 1953 - 1961
Justin J. Mahoney: 1961 - 1969
James M. Sullivan, Jr.: 1969
Samuel T. Betts III: 1969 - 1973
James M. Sullivan, Jr.: 1973 - 1976
Paul V. French: 1976 - 1978
George H. Lowe: 1978 - 1982
Gustave J. DiBianco: 1982
Frederick J. Scullin, Jr.: 1982 - 1992
Gary L. Sharpe: 1992 - 1994
Thomas J. Maroney: 1994 - 1999
Daniel J. French: 1999 - 2001
Joseph A. Pavone (Acting) 2001 - 2002
Glenn T. Suddaby: October 25, 2002 - September 5, 2008
Andrew T. Baxter (Acting): 2008 – 2010
Richard S. Hartunian: February 19, 2010 – June 30, 2017
Grant C. Jaquith: June 30, 2017 – September 3, 2020
Antoinette T. Bacon (Acting): September 3, 2020 – October 8, 2021
Carla B. Freedman: October 8, 2021 – February 17, 2025
Daniel Hanlon (Acting): February 17, 2025 – March 17, 2025
John A. Sarcone III (Acting): March 17, 2025 – present

References

Brendan J. Lyons. (July 16, 2025). "Sarcone named acting US attorney after judges declined his bid". [[Times Union (Albany)]].
(July 14, 2025). "United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York". [[United States District Court for the Northern District of New York]].
(Fall 2020). "Interim United States Attorneys". [[George Mason Law Review]].

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