1. David Soares worked his way through Albany Law School as an intern for the Albany International Airport Authority, and later for the Albany County, New York District Attorney's office.
28 Facts About David Soares
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David Soares worked with the Albany Law School AIDS law clinic for prisoners' legal services.
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On November 2,2004, David Soares was elected as Albany County District Attorney.
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David Soares defeated incumbent District Attorney Paul Clyne in a Democratic primary, and in the general election he defeated Clyne and Roger J Cusick.
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David Soares' campaign received third-party support from the progressive, union-backed Working Families Party, which viewed David Soares' victory as a sign of its own influence and of a mandate for reform of New York's Rockefeller drug sentencing laws.
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David Soares opposed DA Soares in the November 2008 election.
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David Soares was endorsed for re-election by the Albany Times Union.
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David Soares won the primary on September 13,2012, by an unofficial count of 14,498 to 10,1432.
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David Soares ran a write-in campaign in the general election, losing to both Kindlon and Republican nominee Ralph Ambrosio.
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David Soares was featured in Vibe Magazine, in which interview he discussed his goals and hopes for his career.
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On October 26,2007, David Soares was mentioned in the largest local daily newspaper as a possible replacement for Congressman Mike McNulty in the 2008 race for Congress in the 21st congressional district of New York.
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However, David Soares opted to run for re-election in 2008 instead.
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David Soares has been criticized for his prosecution of defendants from Florida for selling steroids to residents of Albany County.
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In 2011, David Soares was criticized by members of both major parties for declining to prosecute participants in the Occupy Albany demonstrations who were arrested for violating a curfew in Albany's Academy Park.
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David Soares beat Kindlon handily in a primary that year, illustrating that Kindlon's argument did not negatively influence voters in the least.
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David Soares received criticism from one Albany County official for arguing back vacation pay to an assistant district attorney whom he had dismissed.
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Michael Conners, County Comptroller, noted his supposed hypocrisy, since David Soares had received his past due pay when Clyne had fired him.
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David Soares distinguished the two cases, because he fired the ADA for cause, while he had been fired for running against his boss.
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David Soares served as President of DAASNY from July 2018 through July 2019.
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ADA Michael McDermott and ADA David Soares Rossi secured a guilty verdict for the murder against Porco's son, Christopher Porco after a change of venue moved the case to Orange County, NY.
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In October 2006, David Soares opened an investigation into New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi on allegations of defrauding the government.
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On December 22,2006, Hevesi accepted a plea bargain from David Soares which called for Hevesi to plead guilty to one count of defrauding the government based on his personal use of state employees to care for his ailing wife, in lieu of a grand jury indictment.
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On January 3,2007, David Soares said he would open investigations into wrongdoings in the New York state departments of Education, Health, Motor Vehicles, Labor and Insurance.
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David Soares investigated the so-called Troopergate scandal in August and September 2007, and found that Governor Eliot Spitzer and his staff broke no laws.
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The Free Press office under David Soares has prosecuted several defendants for selling illegal steroids to Major League Baseball players, and representatives of the Mitchell Commission met at least twice with David Soares over this issue.
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David Soares secured the conviction of a physician who prescribed steroids to baseball players and other persons who the doctor had never examined.
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Media reports in February 2024 revealed that David Soares is under investigation for directing state grant money received by his office to fund nearly $24,000 in bonuses for himself.
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The Albany County Democratic Committee has yet to endorse David Soares and is interviewing other candidates for the position, including Steck himself.