Regarding Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo Granting Clemency to David Gilbert

PRESS RELEASE:

Regarding Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo Granting Clemency to David Gilbert
For Immediate Release:
August 25, 2021
Sheriff Craig S. DuMond

Statement from Delaware County Sheriff Craig S. DuMond

Regarding Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo Granting Clemency to David Gilbert

The disgraceful decision by former Governor Andrew Cuomo to issue a last-minute commutation to David Gilbert, a self-avowed domestic terrorist who was convicted of three murders in the 1981 killings of Nyack Police Sergeant Edward J, O’Grady, Police Officer Waverly Brown and Brink’s Guard Peter Paige is reprehensible.

Cuomo’s despicable actions while leaving office in disgrace, is one last example of his disrespect for police officers who gave their lives protecting the communities as well as the families they left behind. David Gilbert clearly deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Chesa Boudin could still visit her father in prison, the families of these men can only visit their loved ones in a cemetery.

These men left behind nine children, who had to grow up without their fathers to share life’s milestones and their many achievements. To tell them that one of the people responsible for the murder of their father has served enough time, or that he shouldn’t have to face the full consequences for his crimes, is in one word, unconscionable.

Since 2017, Cuomo’s appointed parole board has released fifteen (15) cop killers from prison into our communities. These actions, coupled with his pro-criminal bail reform legislation, has and will continue to create countless victims of crime for years to come in New York State.