Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Endorses Cy Vance for Manhattan District Attorney

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MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT SCOTT STRINGER ENDORSES CY VANCE FOR MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Stringer Cites Vance’s Experience, Progressive Vision

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer today endorsed Cy Vance for Manhattan District Attorney. Stringer, who has spent nearly two decades in public service, praised Vance’s extensive experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney, his plans for Community-Based Justice, and his judgment and focus on the issues.

"Today I am endorsing Cy Vance because Manhattan needs a District Attorney with great vision, sound judgment and varied experience to run the most respected prosecutorial office in the nation," said Stringer. "I've studied closely all of the candidates in this race, and after serious deliberation am thrilled to give my full support to Cy and his progressive vision for the office. I look forward to working with him as District Attorney to keep Manhattan safe and our government fair and just."

"It is a true honor to have the endorsement of Borough President Stringer. From fighting for tenants' rights to improving our schools and our environment, Scott is dedicated to keeping New Yorkers safe and improving their lives," said Vance. "Part of the job of Borough President is connecting the community members with their government, and Scott does that - neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, issue by issue. As a fellow Upper West Sider, I know his presence is not just seen, but also felt in our neighborhoods. This is the kind of commitment to community I want to do bring to the Manhattan DA's office through my Community-Based Justice model. Scott's endorsement today builds on the momentum that I am proud to say our campaign has as we enter the home stretch. We have talked about the issues. We have talked about keeping our city safe and making our justice system more fair. We have made this campaign one we are proud of, by offering voters a clear vision for what I consider the most important job in law enforcement."

Borough President Stringer worked to secure a $900,000 grant from the Department of Justice to reduce domestic violence in Northern Manhattan – an issue central to Vance’s campaign. Vance has addressed the public health crisis of domestic violence and called for the creation of a Family Justice Center in Northern Manhattan, where victims can receive vital services under one roof.

Borough President Stringer joins a strong and diverse coalition of supporters of Cy Vance’s campaign for DA. In the last month Vance has been endorsed by the New York Times, the Daily News, the New York Post, the Amsterdam News, UFT, U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, State Senator Tom Duane, RWDSU, Tenants PAC, the League of Young Voters PAC and the Innocence Project Co-Founders Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. Earlier this summer Vance was endorsed by current District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, former Mayor David Dinkins, Caroline Kennedy, Gloria Steinem, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Council Member Alan Gerson, former Comptroller H. Carl McCall, Teamsters Local 237, The Sergeants Benevolent Association, former U.S. Attorneys Robert Fiske and Zachary Carter, the Doe Fund founder George McDonald, and many more. He is also supported by more than 175 former ADA’s – many of whom have worked with all three candidates and know what it takes to be an exemplary District Attorney.

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  • "I support Cy Vance in this year’s election because I believe he is the best qualified, by his experience and his views, to keep this office the strongest in the nation."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Robert M. Morgenthau
    Manhattan District Attorney

  • "Cy is the most experienced candidate in the race, and he has the support of those who best understand what is needed in our next DA. He has served as an outstanding prosecutor, criminal defense lawyer, commissioner for sentencing reform and community leader. But perhaps most importantly, through his long career, he has maintained the ability to combine pragmatism and idealism to achieve justice."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Caroline Kennedy
    Activist, Author, Attorney

  • “Cy Vance is an accomplished lawyer, a passionate advocate and a true progressive. But most importantly, he embodies a characteristic that I believe is essential for the Manhattan DA: fairness. "

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Hon. David Dinkins
    Former Mayor, New York City

  • "Cy will be the kind of progressive D.A. that Manhattan needs – a lifelong opponent of the death penalty and supporter of the rights of women, LGBT people, and people of color. Throughout his career as a distinguished trial lawyer, Cy has embodied the principles of fairness and integrity that have long been central to the Manhattan D.A.’s office. He will work tirelessly to protect our communities."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Betsy Gotbaum
    Public Advocate, New York City

  • "The people of Manhattan expect and deserve a DA that will handle criminal justice issues with fairness and integrity... Cy has spent his career working on these issues [crime prevention, alternatives to incarceration, economic crime and financial fraud] from inside the courtroom, and his expertise is second to none. Manhattan DA is an important job, and it demands a leader with unparalleled legal skill and the utmost integrity."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    H. Carl McCall
    Former Comptroller, NYS

  • "It's clear that Cy Vance has the experience and judgment necessary to lead such an important office. He has spent a lifetime in the courtroom, working on both sides of complex cases... We are endorsing Cy because we trust that he will look out for working families to make sure that they are safe and justice is being served."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Gregory Floyd
    President, Teamsters Local 237

  • “Cy's innovative vision of how to forge a greater partnership between prosecutors, police and the community is exactly the type of forward thinking that we believe will make this city an even safer place to live and work... Of all the candidates in the race, Cy is the only one with the right experience to run this office.”

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Ed Mullins
    President, Sergeants Benevolent Association

  • “…an attorney in the tradition of Hogan and Morgenthau who will carry on a policy of fairness and toughness as chief law enforcement officer for New York County.”

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Eleanor Jackson Piel
    Veteran Civil Rights Attorney

  • "Cyrus Vance has the experience and wisdom to understand that the public safety that New Yorkers deserve will not be achieved as the accidental by-product of business as usual prosecutions.  Cy Vance has long advocated the kind of proactive engagement with local communities that can produce dramatic crime reduction in the areas of our city most in need.”

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Zachary Carter
    Former U.S. Attorney,
    Eastern District of New York

  • “We can be confident that Cy Vance will continue the traditions of effective law enforcement, fairness and justice that have defined and distinguished the Manhattan DA’s Office.”

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    David Boies
    Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP

  • "Cy Vance's advocacy of reform of the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws will help addicts get the treatment that they need instead of the prison time that turns them into hardened criminals."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Rev. Reggie Williams
    Chairman of the United Missionary Baptist Association’s Commission for Human and Economic Development
    Pastor - Charity Baptist Church of Christ

  • “Cy Vance is clearly the best qualified, most experienced, and most decent candidate to meet the enormous challenges and responsibilities of the office of District Attorney of New York County.”

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Victor A. Kovner
    Former Corporation Counsel of the City of New York under Mayor David Dinkins

  • "As a superb prosecutor and leading member of the defense bar, Cy Vance is the candidate best qualified to lead this great office."

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Author Linda Fairstein
    Former Chief, Sex Crimes Unit, Manhattan DA's Office

  • "Cy Vance has the experience, judgment and integrity to preserve the best traditions of this office and to ensure public safety and fairness.  Cy Vance is my choice for District Attorney.”

    Endorser Name & Title: 

    Michael Cherkasky
    Former Chief, Investigations Division, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

  • Endorser Name & Title: 
    “Cy Vance has the integrity, the experience and the energy to be a great District Attorney and a very worthy successor to Bob Morgenthau.”

    Robert Fiske
    Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

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