Legislative appropriation is the avenue for this. Some owe as much as $15,000.Ĭlearly prosecutors, courts and law enforcement should be funded. Clients in our re-entry housing ministry typically have been ordered to pay $6,000-$7,000 in fines and fees. In other words, offenders are forced to fund a group that has lobbied for legislation that increases the severity of consequences, such as fines and fees, for criminal convictions. One recipient of the fees is the District Attorneys’ Council. How can court costs, which can be assessed in up to 48 categories, be anything other than a fundraising tool without consideration of justice? Agencies are truly funded on the backs of the poor. It almost seems as though the system makes rules with an underlying ethos that a violator can be justifiably subjected to whatever power dynamics permit without regard to proportionality. When the justice standard is applied, the Oklahoma practice of piling on fines and fees in criminal court fails miserably. You and me write letters, open and close files, write memoranda, but how much of our work is doing justice?" He leaned back and smiled warmly and said, “The function of law is to do justice. As we finished the meal, he leaned over the table and asked in a firm tone, “Stan, what is the function of law?” I stammered like a first-year law student. He was a large physically imposing man and was intellectually intimidating. The event was sponsored by Suzanne and Tom Crimmins, who also served as chairpersons Larry Ambrosino and Anthony Focca of Think Mortgage attorney William Golding the Law Firm of Martin and Lociacono attorney and retired NYPD Sergeant Dan Byrnes the Law Firm of Menicucci, Villa, Cilmi Nicole McCarthy of Primerica and retired NYPD ESU veteran Scott McCarthy Tom O’Halloran of Johnny’s Auto Body retired NYPD member John Baldassano of Finest Home Inspections and Tom Crimmins Realty retired NYPD Inspector Vin Patti of Next Destination Home Inspections Cory Schifter of Casale Jewelers Judy Romano of the Insurance Goat and Shane Sorrento of Apex Credit Solutions.Many years ago when I was practicing law in southeast Kansas, I was having lunch with an attorney friend. The fundraiser drew nearly 200 people to LiGreci's Staaten in West Brighton.
“This would make him absolutely thrilled beyond belief because his friends and family meant the most to him,” said Nicole McCarthy, a sponsor of the event. “He was one of the most honorable men you’d ever meet and he never met a person he couldn’t make laugh,” read his obituary. His friends and family during the event spoke fondly of the Westerleigh native’s kind and uplifting demeanor. He sifted through rubble at Ground Zero after 9/11 and was inducted into the NYPD Honor Legion during that same year.
we’re showing them we care here.”ĭuring his decorated career at the NYPD, Jerry Eick received two commendations, nine meritorious police duty awards, 45 excellent police duty awards, was awarded Staten Island officer of the month three times and received detective of the month in October of 2005, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. “It’s a nice lift for Jerry’s family it’s a nice lift for the hardworking police officers.
In ’02, fifty club members traveled back to Ireland for what was an emotional and inspiring trip to the homeland in the aftermath of 9-11. “We wanted to do something in his name, in his memory,” said Tom Crimmins, who was an organizer of the fundraiser. And we hope to continue to raise money for charities for many more years to come. Raffle prizes included gift cards to local shops and vacations to Las Vegas and Disney. The fundraiser, which drew prominent Staten Island officials and pivotal members of the law enforcement and business communities on the borough, raised $11,655 for the NYPD Widows and Orphans Fund and more than 300 toys for Dennis McKeon’s Where to Turn organization. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk) Tom Crimmins, a sponsor, organizer and chairperson of the event. A collection of gifts gathered during the fundraiser. “I’m overwhelmed, it’s just beautiful,” said his wife at the event.