The top federal prosecutor in western New York will step down later this month.
U.S. Attorney William Hochul says he's retiring from public service after nearly 30 years with the Justice Department, the last six in his current position.
While an assistant U.S. attorney, Hochul was the lead prosecutor in the 2002 Lackawanna Six case in which a group of Yemeni-American men were convicted of providing material support to terrorists for traveling to train with al-Qaida.
As the Buffalo-based U.S. attorney, Hochul was among the first to use federal laws against gang members and oversaw the prosecution of 20 members of a Niagara County labor union that used violence to secure work.
Hochul is the husband of New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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