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Pros
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The office has hardworking and dedicated prosecutors who care for the community and seek fair justice
“This office has the most hard working and dedicated prosecutors. They care for the community and seek fair justice on each and every single case.”
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The office is working with Probation to create effective offender re-integration community programming, which emphasizes rehabilitation over excessive punishment
“The Dutchess County's DA's Office is doing the right thing by working with Probation to create effective offender re-intgration community programming. We are all safer and better off when we create a criminal justice system that emphasizes rehabilitation, instead of excessive punishment, and I am proud to see hat they are leading the way.”
Cons
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The office is unprofessional, rude, and condescending, with staff members yelling at and hanging up on callers
“Miriam Citro is the most unprofessional, rude and condescending person I have EVER spoken to in my life . I was yelled at by her , and she rudely hung up the phone on.”
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The office is incompetent, with staff members not listening to callers and providing poor customer service
“Incredibly rude, unprofessional, & incompetent worker Josephine kept speaking loudly over me, repeatedly calling me the wrong name. She wouldn't listen to me AT ALL & the reason I was calling. This call was a waste of time.”
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The office is censoring and deleting questions and comments from constituents, which is a concerning lack of transparency
“The Facebook page named "Grady for District Attorney", presumably run by incumbent Dutchess County DA Bill Grady, is censoring and deleting questions and comments from constituents that are posted to the page.”
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The office has demonstrated a lack of understanding and compassion for individuals with autism, leading to inappropriate and harmful actions against them
“Vinnie Carroza needs to be home with his family. What if it was your son. The state has not provided the proper care for the mentally handicap, this needs to be considered when deciding there destiny.”
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The office is accused of refusing to prosecute inmates in state correctional facilities in order to maintain the county's crime statistics
“This DIstrict Attorney blantany refuses to prosecute inmates in state correctional facilities because he does not want to change the county's crime statistics. He allows hardworking Correction Officers and civilian staff to become victims of often brutal assaults by saying to the asailents 'there is no penalty for violence in Dutchess county.'”
