Sentences with phrase «ran for district attorney as»

He is a former president of the Suffolk County Bar Association and ran for district attorney as a Republican before Ray Perini became Sini's opponent.

Ray Perini, who is running for district attorney as a Republican, had also called for Spota's resignation.

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Jamaal Bailey, an attorney and Bronx district leader who has close ties with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, is running for the seat, as is a well - known Bronx pastor, the Rev. Que English.

Reports that Trump personally interviewed Geoffrey Berman, who on Jan. 5 began his tenure as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, are «deeply disturbing» and should disqualify him as a nominee to permanently run the office, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Thompson's chief assistant, Eric Gonzalez, took over as District Attorney and is now running for a full term but faces a crowded field of challengers.

Bellone's praise of Sini, whom he appointed in 2015 to overhaul the scandal - plagued department, comes as Suffolk Democratic Party leaders mull over a roster of contenders interested in running for district attorney, including David Calone, a former county planning commission chairman.

Though he had been mentioned as a potential attorney general candidate as early as 2002, Schneiderman considered running for Manhattan district attorney before deciding to take a shot at the attorney general seat in 2010.

Her run for office is preceded by a decade of advocacy, national leadership, and service to the people of New York, interning for Congressman Joseph Crowley (D - NY), the Kings County D.A.'s Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and working as Assistant General Counsel for Governor Cuomo's Office of Storm Recovery.

Guy Molinari, the former borough president and congressman, was knocked as a career pol when he ran unsuccessfully for district attorney, as was former - DA and now - Congressman Daniel Donovan, though he had served some time in the Manhattan DA's office before moving into the political world.

* The victory by attorney Betty Sutton in the Akron - area 13th District, which is being vacated by Rep. Sherrod Brown as he runs for Senate, is a win for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and EMILY's List.

Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, stated that Rosa only became eligible to run for the New York State Assembly as a result of her immigration fraud.

His administrative and legal skills are viewed as an asset for running the district attorney's office.

Is a run at Attorney General in line for Preet Bharara, the former United States Attorney for the Southern District who was ousted by President Donald Trump as part of a purge of Obama administration appointees last year?

As other candidates weigh their options or drop out, Caroline Wojtaszek is running hard for the vacant position of Niagara County district attorney.

New York's 24th District: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) is as high on Oneida County Attorney Michael Arcuri (D) as he is on any other candidate running for the House this year.

That probe was looking into charges that he embezzled funds he oversaw as a part of mortgage foreclosures, and then tried to use the profits to finance a run for District Attorney.

He was endorsed by both parties when he ran for his second term as district attorney in 2012.

Progressives on Twitter immediately floated Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York fired by President Donald Trump, as a possible candidate, though he hasn't laid any groundwork to run for office.

After eight years running one of the biggest and most active public corruption operations as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara knows how to read indictments and plea deals, and with the big news out of the Mueller investigation, it looks to him like much more is coming.

Cuomo had the opportunity to appoint Singas as district attorney — removing the acting title and potentially boosting her credentials as she ran for a full term — but chose not to intervene.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. are investigating the mayor's fundraising for State Senate candidates — a case referred to them by the Cuomo - run State Board of Elections, which has led Mr. de Blasio to insist politics are at play in that case, as well.

To break the stalemate, the Cuomo official said, the governor has gone «so far as to offer Mike a job in the administration or offer to support him to run for Queens County (district attorney) down the road.»

NY State of Politics reports that Jamaal Bailey, an attorney and Bronx district leader who has close ties with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, is also running for the seat, as is a well - known Bronx pastor, the Rev. Que English.

Passed over last year in favor of then - District Attorney Daniel Donovan as the GOP candidate in a special election, Malliotakis is just as eager now to run for the House of Representatives, she indicated in a recent interview.

The race's Democrats include Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Bayside attorney Steve Behar, who ran in the race to replace former City Councilman Tony Avella last year; John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcina.

Catsimatidis also named Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R - East Shore / Brooklyn) and Republican District Attorney Daniel Donovan as Republicans he could see run for Grimm's seat.

He also criticized Mr. Sini for saying to a county legislative panel during his confirmation hearing as police commissioner that he would not run for district attorney.

Murray, who has served as town supervisor since 2003, ends her tenure at the end of the month, following her unsuccessful run for Nassau district attorney against Democrat Madeline Singas in November.

After Mr. Grimm sailed to re-election in November, Ms. Malliotakis, along with Republican Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, was floated as a possible GOP nominee to run for the seat if Mr. Grimm stepped aside.

In September, Forcina will face off against three Democrats in the primary election, including Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Steve Behar, an attorney who ran last year in the race to replace then - City Councilman Tony Avella; and John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan).

JCOPE's first chairwoman, Janet DiFiore, left last month to run for re-election as Westchester County district attorney.

As for towns, former Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, who stepped down for an unsuccessful run for county district attorney, and former Supervisor Anthony Santino, who succeeded her, were higher on the GOP political food chain than Venditto.

Democrats running for Carrozza's seat include Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Steve Behar, an attorney who ran last year in the race to replace then - City Councilman Tony Avella; Elio Forcina, a Whitestone attorney; and John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan).

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As multiple Staten Island Republican officials and party leaders urge District Attorney Daniel Donovan to run in a special election for Rep. Michael Grimm's soon - to - be-vacant seat, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and her supporters are forging ahead.

Sini, who was confirmed by the county legislature to be police commissioner last February, announced this month his campaign to run as a Democrat for Suffolk County district attorney.

Mr. Smith, 57, is charged by the United States attorney's office for the Southern District with taking part in a scheme to bribe three Republican county leaders to agree to let him run as a Republican in the 2013 mayoral primary.

Whoever prevails in the primary will face Daniel K. Donovan Jr., the Republican district attorney of Staten Island, who is expected to run a competitive race and look for openings to paint the Democratic nominee as too liberal for the job.

Long noted that Donovan served as Staten Island district attorney and deputy borough president and ran for New York State attorney general.

According to Newsday, other Democrat contenders include, former Congressional hopeful, David Calone, a venture capitalist who has also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

At his confirmation hearing before the Suffolk County Legislature last February, Mr. Sini was asked by Mr. McCaffrey if he planned to use the police commissioner position as a stepping stone to run for district attorney.