MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — There wasn’t imagined to be a contest for district lawyer in Nassau County this 12 months. However when the previous county prosecutor, Madeline Singas, was appointed to a judgeship, each events scrambled.
And the Republicans got here out on prime — in an surprising landslide.
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CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan introduces us to Anne Donnelly, a seasoned veteran of the prosecutor’s workplace.
Donnelly led Long Island’s red wave.
“I used to be stunned,” Donnelly stated. “I by no means anticipated on Election Night time it to be that large.”
It was a shocking landslide. Profession prosecutor Donnelly upset State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, after she turned the marketing campaign right into a referendum on New York’s controversial bail reform legislation.
“My message was about crime and security and the way they went too far. The bail reform went too far. There needs to be some place within the center. Discretion for the judges is among the first issues they should give again,” Donnelly stated.
For 32 years, Donnelly prosecuted for the workplace she’s going to now lead. She credit her household.
“You possibly can’t work full time and be a mother except you could have a fantastic associate, and I’ve for the final 30 years with my husband,” she stated.
The Donnellys of Garden City have three grown kids.
“My son is a particular wants younger man, and he simply brings a variety of life and pleasure to my life,” she stated.
Donnelly stated she shouldn’t be political and was very near her Democratic predecessors Kathleen Rice and Singas.
“When my daughters stated, ‘You deserve this mother, since you’ve labored 32 years for this,’ it simply made my day,” she stated. “It’s good to be a robust feminine function mannequin.”
Certainly one of her targets is to take a position enthusiasm and satisfaction again into the lives of the assistant district attorneys.
“They’re type of crushed down and overwhelmed by all these modifications in discovery and bail,” she stated. “I would like them to get the sensation again that I had as a younger ADA. That is one of the best job on the planet.”
“Your job is life altering for therefore many individuals,” stated McLogan.
“Sure, it’s. It’s an enormous accountability that I take critically,” Donnelly replied. “My objective has all the time been and my promise was to run a fantastic workplace, a good workplace, a simply workplace.”
CBS2 additionally requested the brand new Suffolk County district lawyer, Republican Ray Tierney, for an interview following his surprising upset of Democrat Tim Sini, however he declined, saying he wasn’t prepared presently.
