A Few Words in Praise of the NYPD
by DEROY MURDOCK, March 10, 2015, National Review
Speakers at the rally: Janet Maderik, wife of New York City Police Officer, Ann Schockett, President NYS Federation of Republican Women, Deroy Murdock, FOX News commentator, Christine Porter, wife of a New York City Police Sergeant
This past Sunday afternoon, I had the honor of addressing a rally in support of New York City police officers in Manhattan. Several other speakers and I joined some 300 people on the steps of New York City Hall at the invitation of former NYPD captain John Concannon and Queens Village Republican Club president Phil Orenstein.
For the past year, the Queens Village Republican Club has been leading the charge, on the forefront of the New York City and State political landscape. We’ve not only been in the news, but making the news. One year ago we stood on the steps of Queens Borough Hall in a freezing snow storm and declared our indignation against the outrageous remarks of Governor Cuomo, when he said conservative Republicans should leave New York. A few months later we were back at Borough Hall challenging the “Status Cuomo” and we haven’t stopped challenging it to this day, even as Cuomo recently commiserated, surrendering to the corruption of politics in New York, saying: “You’ve always had and you probably always will have some level of corruption.”