Mr. Simmons said he spoke personally with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mr. Cuomo on the phone and that the latter had promised him that
local district attorneys like Staten Island's Daniel Donovan will no longer handle cases like NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo's killing of the elder Garner, a black civilian.
Not exact matches
Onondaga County
District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick will be one of four chairs on the task force
local leaders are convening to prevent a Parkland -
like school shooting in central New York.
The Department would
like to thank the New York State Police, Genesee County Sheriff's Office, the Genesee County
Local Drug Task Force, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (ENCON), City of Batavia Fire Department, Mercy Medics and Genesee County
District's
Attorney's Office.
Like many
district attorneys statewide, Soares has criticized the order as an infringement on
local prosecutors» role.
Backing her were Onondaga County GOP Chairman Tom Dadey, New York GOP Chair Ed Cox and prominent
local Republicans
like Sen. John DeFrancisco, Sheriff Eugene Conway and
District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick.
Despite other lawmakers at the press conference
like Ms. James criticizing
local district attorneys for protecting their political «turf» at the expense of justice, Mr. Schneiderman repeatedly insisted his proposal is not «anti-D.A.» or «anti-NYPD.»