The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominees to lead U.S. attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, two of the most high-profile federal prosecutor jobs in the country.

Damian Williams will represent Manhattan as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), while Breon Peace takes over in Brooklyn as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). The Senate confirmed them as part of a block of eight federal prosecutor nominees, according to its Daily Digest.

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