City Member Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach) yesterday officially announced his candidacy for Brooklyn District Attorney, noting that as the only candidate thus far not connected to former DA Charles Hynes, he is best suited to carry on the late DA Ken Thompson‘s legacy to meet out fair and equal justice.

Hynes’ rein and legacy as DA has been marred by a series of some 20 wrongful convictions which Thompson overturned in his short tenure before he died from cancer last October. Additionally, Hynes’ office allegedly “looked the other way” in a number of alleged cases of sexual abuse within the Hasidic community.