Giuliani, Spitzer endorsing in Rockland
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Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer will visit Rockland tomorrow and Thursday to endorse local candidates for office.
Giuliani, the Republican former New York City mayor, will be attending a fund-raiser tomorrow for his candidacy and will endorse the re-election of Republicans Michael Bongiorno for district attorney James Kralik for sheriff and William Sherwood for New York State Supreme Court. GiulianiÂÂ will start his day at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Blauvelt Coach Diner shaking hands with diners, Rockland GOP Chairman Vincent Reda said.
Spitzer, a Democrat, will visit Haverstraw village at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to endorse Rockland County Democrats running for office.
Spitzer, a Democrat, will back former West Haverstraw Justice Thomas Zugibe for district attorney, Clarkstown Detective Sgt. Tim O’Neill for sheriff, and Surrogate Court Justice Robert Berliner for state Supreme Court justice.
Rockland Democratic Party Chairman Vincent J. Monte said Spitzer will meet with Democrats running for office and public at the Quisqueya Club, 25-27 Broadway, Haverstraw village.
And with a wedding planned in New Square on Thursday night, the governor may stay a bit longer and join other Democrats and Republicans and pay his respect to the village leadership, which controls a powerful voting bloc.
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There is no District Attorney in New York State more competent, knowledgable, or effective than Michael E. Bongiorno.
Mr. Bongiorno’s diligence has led to the successful prosecution of every suspect accused of homicide in Rockland County during his three terms in office. Owing to the initiatives of his office, and his staff of elite prosecutors, drug dealers are off the streets and murderers are away in prison.
In the cases of US v. Gluzman and People v. Visich, the careful prosecutions by Mr. Bongiorno and his staff saved taxpayers an estimated $3 million: in Gluzman, by co-prosecuting with the Federal prosecutor; in Visich, by not seeking capital punishment. Both defendants were convicted and were sentenced to Life. Their appeals are not being considered seriously. Had Mr. Bongiorno taken the wrong tack in prosecuting either defendant, it is likely that Mrs. Gluzman would have hung a state jury, at a cost of $1.5 million to Rockland taxpayers; and Mr. Visich’s capital defense would have cost $1.5 milllion, or more. (See California vs. Sanchez, 2001.)
If Mr. Bongiorno has one fault, it is his modesty. My Rockland mother-in-law, a widow, sleeps comfortably at night knowing Michael E. Bongiorno is the chief law enforcement officer there.
In contrast, Mr. Bongiorno’s opponent, lacking the qualifications to be DA, reminds one of the rich child of an accomplished father who wants a new toy. In lieu of the Corvette, Mr. Bongiorno’s opponent wants to be in charge of law. This should frighten Rockland residents.
I hope citizens in Rockland County recognize how fortunate they are to have a superior public official in District Attorney Michael E. Bongiorno.
Are you kidding!
Mike is a nice man, who is in way over his head, he pounds on blacks and latino’s to bump his numbers.
Did he investigate Kralick for Hotel Kralick, only well connected need aply.
A da must say no to power!
By the way I like Kralick, voted for him 4 times, what he did was plan wrong, and it was Mike’s job to call a Grand Jury. Or stand up and take a stand.
He blew Clarks/Brinks appeal, Check out www.lawyersforbetterjustice.con
and see the facts about the DA missing the statute of limitations.
Are you kidding
And who is Lawyers for Better Justice? No names attached, but definitely some of the sharp legal minds from Rockland County. It’s sadly funny these so-called lawyer(s)- critics send people to their own anonymous website.
And they cite the case against Fonvil, whose ballot petitions were graced with the names of dead people and he didn’t know how the names got there?
As for Kralik, what law did he violate. People – and it’s sad when lawyers do it – toss out comments criminal acts but don’t cite the law. And what jurisdiction does the Rockland DA have. Oh yeah, a Pa judge signed an order of transfer. I guess the Rockland DA would investigate the judge in Pennsylvania.
Did you read the Clark decision by Judge Scheindlin? Did you miss the part where the judge wrote she could dismiss Clark’s petition as time-barred on her own, despite the lack of citing the statue of limitations? Did you miss the part where Rockland DA tried to amend its petition to add the federal statute and the judge rejected it?
And if Clark is retired, does anyone doubt she will be convicted again? But most likely, the second-circuit will reverse Judge Scheindlin