Won reelection on the issue of public safety.

0:00 Speaker 1 Sunday morning, what’s going on in Westchester? Well, what is today is Judge Susan Coquay and she’s the new District Attorney of Westchester. And she was highly recommended to me by Janine. Judge Janine Piro, they used to work together, I believe, And well, Judge, congratulations again. Tell me what you want to accomplish in Westchester for the next four years.

0:27 Speaker 2 Well, thank you so much, John, and thank you for having on having me on again. I really appreciate it and I appreciate your support. Since election day, I’ve been working hard getting a team together, getting my executive team together, getting an idea of where in the office people are going to be. There’s technical things that I’m planning on doing,

0:51 bringing some units back, separating some units. But most importantly what’s important to me is to keep the residents of Westchester safe, the whole people who commit crimes accountable and with the view toward punishing the appropriate people and preventing people from committing new crimes. So with accountability, people learn, they don’t repeat their behavior and the recidibus will be

1:26 punished accordingly.

1:28 Speaker 1 Are you going to have you know, the State Assembly and the State Senate is still pushing bail reform and no bail. How are you going to handle if you are a pro common sense Democrat in Westchester and I have a home in Tavaqua, and how do you keep the Westchester people are safe? Because what’s happening in New

1:56 York City, where I also live is people never go to jail and never you know, they’re in and out of the police station in five minutes.

2:07 Speaker 2 Well, in New York City versus Westchester is there’s some policies not to prosecute. I think it’s important that if someone commits a crime, they’ll be prosecuted. Doesn’t mean the first time they commit a crime they go to jail, but they will be held accountable. So there is going to be a response to all crime. I do, fortunately

2:29 have good relationships with the legislators, with whom I’ve met already, and I want I’ll be speaking with them about doing what I can do to educate them as to change for the future. For bail reform. I was a judge when the bail reform is initially rolled out, and it does handcuff the judges and their ability to set bail.

2:55 Judges set bail, prosecutors recommend the bail. He can only recommend bail if the law allows it. And that’s the problem with the state of bell reform today understood.

3:09 Speaker 1 What other problems do you see working? I mean, President Trump was going to be president on January twentieth, says that he’s going to do what he has to do to keep everybody safe in the cities, the states, the counties.

3:23 He doesn’t care what any what the local people do. He wants to be American people safe. Is there going to be a conflict between city and state and county with the federal government.

3:40 Speaker 2 Yeah, there are two different jurisdictions. The federal federal government has its own power, the state has its own power, and the county independently has certain rules in place. The county currently is a it’s a sanctuary county, so county personnel are prohibited from advising ICE the Immigration and Customs Enforcement as to when someone is illegal, someone who’s committed

4:14 a crime and is in custody if they’re illegal. If that changes, then county officials will be able to notify ICE. But my responsibility is to follow the state and county law as it is. If that changes in the future, whatever the change is, I’ll follow.

4:33 Speaker 1 It understood, So you you in other words, you’re sworn in by the state, so you have to follow what the governor wants you to follow.

4:42 Speaker 2 Is that what it is essentially? And then there’s county laws in addition to the state laws. Yes, it’s a state agency versus a federal agency.

4:51 Speaker 1 Because I do believe that President Trump has said that he doesn’t believe in this sanctuary city stuff. I guess becross that, pat when we see it, right, exactly exactly anything else you want to tell the people of Westchester or the people of our state.

5:10 Speaker 2 I’m excited to start. I’ve started already. I’m excited to start on day one, ready to go with the people of appropriate people in appropriate places. I look forward to working with the forty four law enforcement agencies throughout Westchester County.

5:27 And I’m looking to keep you and everybody else in Westchester safe.

5:31 Speaker 1 Yes, please keep us safe. And thank you so much, and congratulations again the new Westchester County District Attorney. Judge Susan Case.

5:45 Speaker 2 That’s it right, okay, case, heay, case, okay, good case.

5:50 Speaker 1 We’ll get to know each other. Judge Jenine Piro recommended you, so you must be good. Well.

5:56 Speaker 2 Thank you. I look forward to it, John, and thank you again for the opportunity to speak with you.

6:00 Speaker 1 God bless God, bless you, God bless America. Thank care, thank you, thank you.

6:04 Speaker 2 Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving.