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Re-elect Senator George Winner,
NYS Senate, 53rd District
representing Chemung, Schuyler,
Steuben, Tompkins, and Yates
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Winner'08 News

Elmira, N.Y., October 10--State Senator George Winner (R-C-I, Elmira) has been endorsed by one of New York’s most influential law enforcement unions in his bid for re-election in the 53rd Senate District.

The New York State Law Enforcement Officers Union, Council 82, represents the state’s environmental conservation officers, forest rangers, park police officers, and university police officers, along with many municipal police deparments.

In a letter to Winner, Council 82 Executive Director James F. Lyman said, “On behalf of the membership of Council 82, it is my pleasure to inform you of our decision to endorse you in your upcoming Senate race. (Council 82) looks forward to working with you as we face the challenges that face our great state.”

Winner was first elected to the Senate in 2004 and re-elected two years later. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous pieces of criminal justice legislation including the state’s first comprehensive anti-meth strategy, several measures to strengthen the state’s sex offender registration law, an initiative to create New Yorks' first Drug Dealer Registry, and legislation to protect children and the elderly from abuse.

“Our law enforcement officers face challenges and dangers like they have never faced before. As a state we need to ensure that our officers have the resources and the tools they need to do their jobs effectively and safely,” said Winner, who has been a member of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee since 2005. “New York government, in my opinion, has several fundamental, overriding responsibilities, and one of them is to back up our law enforcement officers. I’m grateful for the ongoing recognition that my commitment to law enforcement has been steady and solid over the course of my career in public service.”

The Council 82 endorsement represents the second major law enforcement organization in recent days to back Winner’s re-election. Earlier this week The Police Conference of New York and its 25,000 members announced its support for Winner.

The 53rd Senate District is comprised of Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, and Yates counties, and a portion of Tompkins County (the city and town of Ithaca, and the towns of Enfield, Newfield, and Ulysses).

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