Law Enforcement

My father was a Police Officer. Both of my grandfathers served in the NYPD. With that close family background, I understand how Law Enforcement Officers all over the country are on the front lines in our communities day in and day out, working around the clock to keep us safe.

As an Amityville Trustee, I stood by our law enforcement.  Despite financial woes we inherited from a previous administration, I made sure we put more cops on the street than at any other time in our village’s history. 

Our brave men and women in Law Enforcement deserve to have elected officials who will stand up for them when-- in the course of protecting our communities-- they find themselves in harm's way.

Kathy Hochul’s New York is a disaster; and our neighborhoods and our police are left to feel less safe each day. With an unprecedented rise of violence committed towards those in Blue, Congress must step up to make sure that our law enforcement is treated with the respect it deserves. That is why I would support the “Protect and Serve Act” which would make police officers across all 50 states a protected class. Specifically, the Act would make it a crime to knowingly cause or attempt to cause “serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer.” The crime is punishable by 10 years in prison. If the crime results in the death of a law enforcement officer, or the crime involves kidnapping or the attempt to kidnap or kill a law enforcement officer, then the sentence can be up to life in prison.

In this era of hatred and animosity directed at our police, Congress must take action to send a clear message of support for our great law enforcement officers.