Pathways to Justice program<\/a>, accepted the award at the city Bar association\u2019s 21st Annual Gala in Manhattan. <\/p>\nLevin, who was joined at the event by family and colleagues, issued the following statement afterward:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat an incredible treat it is to be honored by and among peers you respect so much, for doing work you love deeply. To me, this job is about serving our community, never stopping the development of my legal skills and brain, showing kindness and humanity to victims who come to us in their darkest hours, and growing in this challenging and rewarding career every day.<\/p>\n
I feel so privileged to do this work for district attorney (Michael E. McMahon), in this office and for this community. I feel honored and deeply humbled to be given this incredible recognition, and to be able to keep growing in this work I love so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
A decorated career<\/p>\n
According to a press release sent out Monday by the district attorney\u2019s office, Levin has successfully prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases focusing on domestic violence, child sexual abuse, homicides and cases involving serious mental illness.<\/p>\n
Currently, she oversees cases being prosecuted by the Special Victims Bureau, Domestic Violence Bureau, Victim Advocacy Unit, Alternatives to Incarceration Unit and Immigration Affairs Unit. <\/p>\n
Over the course of her 16-year tenure, Levin has held numerous other key positions including Deputy Bureau Chief for the Criminal Court Bureau, and Unit Chief for the Juvenile Justice Unit. <\/p>\n
District Attorney Michael E. McMahon, in a written statement Monday, said Levin has \u201cdevoted her professional life\u201d to survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. At the same time, she was \u201censuring Staten Island\u2019s most vulnerable receive justice in the courtroom,\u201d said McMahon. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn prosecuting countless dangerous criminals and overseeing the Alternatives to Incarceration Unit, her efforts have undoubtedly made Staten Island a safer and more just place to call home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 It takes a special kind of prosecutor to navigate the intricacies and heartache of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-65710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}