Court Clerks Back Pirro In AG Race

By REUVEN BLAU

The Court Clerks' Association Sept. 26 endorsed Republican Jeanine F. Pirro for Attorney General, citing her "working relationship" with court employees and prosecutorial experience as the former Westchester County District Attorney.

"Our members respect her experience, and to us the choice was obvious," said CCA President Mike Sigault in a statement. "Only one person in this race is qualified to be the next Attorney General, and that's Jeanine."

The CCA represents several city-based supervisory peace officer titles from Senior Court Clerk on up to Deputy Chief.

Ms. Pirro has also received the support of the Nassau and Suffolk County police unions and the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police. But she is facing an uphill battle, according to a recently released Siena College Research Institute poll of likely voters that was taken before it was revealed that she is the subject of a Federal investigation for seeking to illegally wiretap her husband's boat.

That survey showed her trailing her Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, by 17 points.