Sentences with phrase «island da»

In more mundane filings, Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson said he collected $ 250,000 to $ 500,000 from his old law firm, Wigdor Law LLP, while Staten Island DA Michael McMahon earned between $ 100,000 and $ 250,000 from Herrick Feinstein, the government - affairs firm.

Whichever of the five Democratic AG contenders wins tonight better be ready to hit the ground running, because the lone GOP candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, isn't planning on giving that person a rest before swinging right into the general election campaign.

If Mr. Cuomo leaves the Staten Island DA position unfilled, the role of acting district attorney would fall to the office's top prosecutor, Dan Master, until the end of the year.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan (R), the prosecutor who came back with a controversial grand jury non-indictment in Eric Garner chokehold death case, is the favorite in a district that leans Republican.

Democratic Sen. Eric Schneiderman and Republican State Island DA Dan Donovan are also tied at 44 percent, which means Donovan managed to close the seven - point gap between himself and his opponent since the last Siena poll.

Allies of Mayor Bloomberg are trying to convince Cuomo that the lone Republican AG candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, would be a better partner for Cuomo in Albany than Sen. Eric Schneiderman.

Today's Q poll finds the general election race to replace AG Andrew Cuomo is a dead heat between Sen. Eric Schneiderman and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, although most voters have no idea who either candidate is.

The Staten Island DA is currently the only Republican in the field.

State Island DA Dan Donovan was prosecuting this case and all he could get was a slap on the wrist for a repeat offender who was photographed during the assault?

The big endorsement teased earlier today by Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's campaign is former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, two sources with knowledge of the announcement confirm.

Democratic Staten Island DA Michael McMahon removed portraits of previous borough district attorneys spanning back a century — because he despises his Republican predecessor, Dan Donovan, and didn't want to...

«This is not meant to be a fishing expedition,» said Roger Adler, who was appointed when Staten Island DA Dan Donovan recused himself from the case.

Cuomo has made it quite clear that he doesn't think an Albany elected official — be it Schneiderman or his fellow legislative AG contender, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky — should be the party's choice to go up against the Republican candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, in the general election.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan is looking into the use of Indy Party cash to benefit the firm of state Indy Party Chairman Frank MacKay and $ 10,000 business loan floated to her business by a NYC Council candidate, John Tabacco, who landed the party's nod not long after cutting that check.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan sent a letter to Indy party chairman Frank MacKay saying he is no longer interested in being considered for the nomination.

In a bit of an everything - but - the - kitchen sink spot, Sen. Eric Schneiderman hits his Republican opponent, Dan Donovan, hard on three issues that have ermeged as chief among his criticisms of the Staten Island DA: Wall Street, mob - tainted campaign cash and abortion rights.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, the lone GOP AG candidate, said he disagrees with the party's gubernatorial designee, Rick Lazio, in his call for Democrat Andrew Cuomo to investigate the (as yet anemic) funding stream for the mosque proposed for construction near Ground Zero.

Donovan's campaign spokeswoman Virginia Lam told me the last time the Dems his the Staten Island DA on this issue — just after the Prop. 8 decision — that Donovan believes marriage should be between a man and a woman, but also «will ensure that the laws of our state are enforced,» adding:

Civilian Complaint Review Board filed a petition to get Staten Island DA to hand over Garner evidence.

Doheny reported raising nothing, although he did receive a $ 30,572 payment from Greener & Hook, a Washington, D.C. - based political consulting firm that counts among its clients Erie County Executive Chris Collins, failed NY - 26 GOP candidate / Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan and several upstate GOP state senators.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan did not ask for release of testimony or evidence from a reluctant judge.

That is the only matter the Staten Island DA has jurisdiction over.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan seems the favorite of many Republicans.

After the civil case, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan opened a criminal inquiry, but then abruptly recused himself.

Since 2005, Staten Island DA Donovan has been appointed special prosecutor on more than 150 Brooklyn cases.

Schneiderman lined up a long string of endorsements from the left — from labor unions like SEIU 1199 and HTC to the Rev. Al Sharpton (a nod that might come back to haunt the senator in the general election against Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, after he pledged Sharpton's National Action Network would have an «annex» in Albany if he's elected»).

She is (so far) the only woman in the field, and also the only DA, making her what some see as a good head - to - head match for Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, the likely GOP designee.

Of course, things would have been even better for Bloomberg in Albany had the two other statewide candidates he endorsed — Staten Island DA Dan Donovan (for AG) and Harry Wilson (for state comptroller)-- been successful in November.

But if he preferred candidate won, then that person would have to answer the «independence» question ad nauseum from Staten Island DA Dan Donovan during the general election.

In short: Carey notes that Molinaro has a habit of bucking the Republican Party and also has been at odds for some time with his former aide, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, against whom Cuomo is backing his fellow Democrat, Sen. Eric Schneiderman, for AG.

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Michael Cusick, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Staten Island DA Michael McMahon, and representatives from the NYPD, Delco Drugs, and YMCA Counseling Services announce the donation of 10,000 drug deactivation pouches to combat the ongoing heroin and opioid abuse epidemic, Delco Drugs, 3833 Richmond Ave., Staten Island.

In an interview with the NYT, Staten Island DA - turned - congressional candidate Dan Donovan «was unapologetic» about the outcome of the Eric Garner chokehold case, «and fiercely defensive of his record as an officer of the law.

NARAL Pro-Choice NY is stepping up its crusade against the GOP attorney general candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, releasing a Web video and a site that paints him as the next in a line of attorneys general outside New York that have sought to limit abortion rights at the state level.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch said he supports Staten Island DA Dan Donovan for AG because he wants someone in Albany who's «not part of the operation.»

Schneiderman, who launched an upstate «justice» tour today — just days after he skipped two back - to - back upstate debates — rejected the suggestion made by Sean Coffey and sources close to Cuomo that he's too liberal to defeat the Republican AG candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in November.

Other possible replacement candidates, should Grimm heed calls to step down: Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, Democratic Assemblyman Mike Cusick (a former aide to US Sen. Chuck Schumer) and former Democratic Rep. Michael McMahon, who held the seat before Grimm.

Balboni and Schneiderman were once Senate colleagues, and the former senator — who refers to himself as a «lifelong Republican» — crossed party lines to endorse Schneiderman the first time he ran for AG in 2010 against GOP Staten Island DA Dan Donovan.

CU also endorsed Sen. Eric Scneiderman over his GOP opponent in the AG's race, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, (more on this in a moment) and chose sides in 13 legislative races.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, the lone Republican in the race, is likely to do well in his home county in the general election.

But the Gray Lady and the good government group nevertheless chose Schneiderman over Bloomberg's preferred AG candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan.

Bloomberg has split his statewide endorsements this fall, backing two Republicans — Wilson and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan for AG — and a Democrat, Andrew Cuomo for governor.

Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn played down the fact that they are on opposite sides of the AG race, despite the fact that he's strongly backing the Republican (Staten Island DA Dan Donovan) and she's all in for the Democrat (Sen. Eric Schneiderman).

I spoke earlier today with Sen. Eric Schneiderman, the Democratic AG nominee, who was in Rochester on a post-primary upstate swing during which he talked about protecting New Yorkers from mortgage fraud and slammed his GOP opponent, Staten Island DA DAn Donovan, for being too pro-Wall Street.

The Rev. Al Sharpton said if Republicans choose Staten Island DA Dan Donovan to run in a special election to replace departing Rep. Michael Grimm, it would roil protesters angry over the death of Eric Garner.

Also at 11 a.m., Staten Island DA Dan Donovan receive the endorsement for his NY - 11 campaign of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, Engine 161, 278 McClean Ave., Staten Island.

The Post gives Staten Island DA Dan Donovan props for breaking with Lazio on the mosque, and says the gubernatorial candidate should focus on other issues — like spending, public corruption and property taxes.

Interestingly, Dinallo is not shying away from playing up his connection to the disgraced former AG, even though the Post rather pointedly made an issue of it in its endorsement of Sean Coffey and sources close to AG Andrew Cuomo say he's concerned the GOP candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, might use that against Dinallo if he manages to come from behind and win the primary.

The NYLCV met with all five Democratic candidates and the lone GOP contender, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, prior to making this endorsement, according to League spokesman Dan Hendrick, who said: «It was a tough choice, since all of the candidates are bright, articulate and accomplished.»

Some observers have speculated that Schneiderman's efforts to cast himself as the most liberal member of the five - Democrat AG field might well get him elected on Sept. 14 — particularly since he's back by unions with crack GOTV operations like 1199, HTC and 32BJ — but could hurt him against Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in the general election.

At 7:45 p.m., Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, the GOP candidate in the NY - 11 special election, meets with Brooklyn Republicans; 1662 Sheepshead Bay Rd., Brooklyn.