Morrison & Foerster LLP
Carrie Cohen is an expert in public corruption and state and local government who made a name for herself by prosecuting former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. At Morrison & Foerster – or MoFo – she has assisted the New York City Council in investigations into the behavior of several members, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a review of overtime practices, and a Rochester City Council probe into the death of Daniel Prude.
54. David Patton
Executive Director and Attorney-in-Chief, Federal Defenders of New York
A federal defender for nearly 20 years, David Patton in 2011 became the executive director and attorney-in-chief of the Federal Defenders of New York, a group that provides representation to those in need. During the coronavirus pandemic, Patton has been representing prisoners who are at high risk of catching the disease, telling Slate that the response by “prosecutors and prison officials to COVID-19 has been hard to fathom.”
Assemblyman needs to put partisanship aside (letter to the editor)
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
By Nicholas Robbins
New York political power players are not immune to controversy and a rapid downfall, as we’ve seen from this month’s downpouring of serious allegations against Gov. Cuomo, and It forces citizens to look to their state representatives for leadership in restoring law and order and a moral high ground in our government.
On almost every major scandal that engulfed Albany, Mid-Island Assemblyman (and dean of our representative delegation) Mike Cusick has put politics and political partisanship over the well-being and values of Staten Island and New York state.
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