Manhattan DA Cy Vance Won't Seek Re-Election

NEW YORK CITY – Manhattan's District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. declared Friday he will not be seeking a fourth term in office.

The resignation comes as his office is in the midst of an investigation in former President Donald Trump. He will leave office at the end of the year, he said in a tweeted statement.

“Representing the People of New York during this pivotal era for our city and our justice system has been the privilege of a lifetime,” he said.

“When I ran for this job in 2009, I said that a District Attorney’s responsibilities should extend beyond obtaining convictions in court, and that a 21st century prosecutor’s mandate is to move our justice system and our community forward. Working in partnership with Manhattan communities, the D.A.’s Office we built together over the last decade has taken us beyond the ambitious blueprint we laid out in 2009.”

He continued,“I never imagined myself as District Attorney for decades like my predecessors. I never thought of this as my last job, even though it’s the best job and biggest honor I’ll ever have. I said twelve years ago that change is fundamentally good and necessary for any institution."

Vance, 66, has been Manhattan's DA since 2010.

Most recently, he's been investigating financial transactions related to Trump and recently obtained the former president's tax returns.