FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2019
RE: PRESS RELEASE - DA CARNRIGHT
I have been privileged to work with the men and women in the criminal justice community that serve and protect the citizens of Ulster County for 40 years.
I have been a member of this very select group of people, as an Assistant District Attorney, the Chief Assistant District Attorney, a criminal defense attorney and, for the past 11 years, as the Chief law enforcement officer in Ulster County. I have seen and learned many things.
I have known for many years a day would come when, if I am lucky, I’ll reach a point where I am offered a choice to select a different path. I have reached that point and look forward to new challenges that await me after the conclusion of my term.
It is not an easy decision to leave the office of District Attorney. I will cherish the associations I have made with many very fine prosecutors who have been the backbone of the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office. These people have been and remain as fine a team of prosecutors as you will find anywhere.
One of the factors that make my decision to leave the office at the end of my term a little easier is the knowledge that this group of prosecutors and investigators is fully capable of continuing the work we have begun. They truly have been champions of justice. I am confident that they will continue to work with the law enforcement community in seeking justice for the victims of crime and zealously protecting the wrongfully accused.
Four years ago I asked Michael J. Kavanagh to serve as my Chief Assistant, a position in which he has excelled. I hope he will consider running for the seat of District Attorney. I am confident his compassion and his commitment to justice would make him an outstanding District Attorney.