Hempstead PBA
Hempstead Police Benevolent Association
P.O. Box 41, Hempstead, NY 11550-0041
Contact: John Murphy, PBA President 516-483-6200
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hempstead Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Endorses Joy Watson for Nassau County District Attorney Race
(HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.) October 2, 2009—Hempstead Police Benevolent Association President John Murphy and his membership have endorsed Joy Watson of Hempstead, N.Y., for Nassau County District Attorney in the November 2009 election.
“I want to go on record as saying that we are formally endorsing Joy Watson—not Kathleen Rice—for the office of Nassau County District Attorney,” Murphy said. “It appears Ms. Rice’s campaign staff issued a false press release on September 16 and I want to clear up the facts. It was unauthorized. We were never contacted for an endorsement or for our support on a release.”
Murphy said his membership is standing behind Watson because she is the better qualified and more committed candidate. “Joy has served the residents of Nassau County for 20 years. She is a former prosecutor under the prior District Attorney, where she served as chief of Nassau County’s Sex Offense and Domestic Violence bureau, deputy bureau chief of the county’s Major Offense/Homicide bureau, and chief of the sex crimes and mental health units.”
“The Hempstead PBA membership has worked with her for decades and we strongly believe there is no better person to lead the chief prosecution office for our county than Ms. Watson,” he said. “Joy is a Long Island native who has lived in the Village of Hempstead for more than two decades. Clearly, she is much more committed to Nassau County.”
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