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Fund Raiser For Late State Trooper

Posted by: Joseph Spector - Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 03, 2008

Friends and former Gov. George Pataki and wife, Libby, are holding a fund raiser in Albany for former State Trooper Gary Berwick, who took his own life last month amid a probe by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into political corruption in the State Police.

berwick.jpgBerwick, right, was close to Daniel Wiese, a former State Police investigator who at the center of Cuomo’s probe, and was close to former Gov. George Pataki, who spoke at Berwick’s funeral. Berwick, 48, of New Windsor, Orange County and a married father of three daughters, was expected to be interviewed in the investigation, but was not believed to have done anything wrong.

The fund-raiser will be held Wednesday, June 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Riverfront Bar & Grill, Corning Preserve, in Albany.

The event is $100 per person. For more information, call Olivia Dorieux at 212-437-0034 or via email at Olivia@355lex.com

Friends have also set up a “Berwick Children’s Fund” and donations can be made to
150 Broadway, Suite 1011, New York, NY 10038

The full invite is here.

 
 
 
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