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State of New York November 2, 2010 Election
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Dan Donovan
Answers Questions

Candidate for
Attorney General; State of New York

 
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The questions were prepared by the Leagues of Women Voters of New York State and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What qualifies you for the office?

As DA, I transformed an underperforming office that ranked last in NYC, into one of the highest-performing DA's offices in New York State. I looked at what was failing and overhauled our approach to better serve our communities. Today, we routinely lead NYC in felony convictions and crime reduction.

2. What do you see as the greatest challenges and highest priorities?

The state's greatest challenge is public corruption and eliminating corruption is my highest priority. Corruption destroys faith in government and deters investment in our state which creates jobs and opportunity for everyone. Moreover, corruption wastes our tax dollars which we need to maintain balanced budgets and protect vital services.

3. What are your solutions?

I will seek original jurisdiction over all public corruption cases, advocate for full disclosure of state legislators' outside incomes and seek greater transparency in "member-item" allocations. I'll also strengthen rules to eliminate pay-to-play schemes in our pension system and aggressively target Medicaid fraud to return monies to local counties.

Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' responses are not edited or corrected by the League.

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