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NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association Backs Lalor

Contact Chris Covucci at 845-309-2654 or chris.covucci@kml2008.com

Contact Edward Mullins, President NYPD SBA (212) 226-2180

Peekskill, NY/June 19, 2008 – Kieran Michael Lalor, the Republican candidate for Congress challenging Democrat John Hall in New York's 19th Congressional District, today announced another important union endorsement from the NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) which has 11,000 active and retired members.

In a letter of endorsement, SBA President Edward D. Mullins said, "Lalor’s commitment to national security and to the law enforcement community is remarkable.” Continued Mullins, “We respect the rule of law and we believe strongly that the job of ensuring the safety of our fellow citizens is perhaps the most sacred responsibility in our society. Lalor has exemplified that responsibility.”

Reacting to the endorsement Lalor said, "To be endorsed by a group of people who routinely put their necks on the line for our country and community is both humbling and inspiring. I will not let them down.” Continue Lalor, “The NYPD and specifically the SBA are the gold standard in crime fighting and they are vital to our preparedness for terror attacks and natural disasters.”

Lalor, who worked closely with first responders from around the country including the NYPD when he drove to the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina and performed search and rescue missions in flood ravaged New Orleans said, "People who are willing to risk their lives everyday for strangers ought to have a tenacious advocate in Washington and I will be that advocate."

"Moreover, the goal of my campaign for Congress is to give a voice to working class people who for too long have been ignored by politicians who cater to the very rich and the poor but forget about the great Middle Class that makes the Hudson Valley and the nation go."

In December 2007 Lalor was endorsed by the National NYCPD 10-13, the organization that represents all retired New York City Police Officers. In January he was endorsed by the FDNY’s Uniformed Fire Officer’s Union. Of the early endorsements Lalor said, "The backbone of our country and community are our first responders and our veterans, so it is quite fitting that these brave men and women are also the backbone of our campaign of issues, ideas and solutions."