James W. Borkowski

program to deport criminal illegal aliens. Borkowski was the first official in Putnam County to speak out in support of the program.]]
Hon. James W. "Jim" Borkowski (born 1962) is the Republican candidate for Putnam County Sheriff. He is an American lawyer, prosecutor and criminal court judge from Putnam County, New York.
Borkowski’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were firefighters. He was the first in his family to graduate from a four-year college, earning his degree from the State University at Albany where, as a Black Belt in Karate, he taught martial arts.
Borkowski earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University Law School, and began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in Nassau County, New York. He then practiced law in New York City, and was appointed by the Administrative Judge of the Ninth Judicial District as Special Prosecutor, prosecuting crimes in Putnam County as a substitute for the Putnam County District Attorney.
Borkowski later became a partner in the law firm of Stephens, Hogan, Rossi & Borkowski in Brewster, New York. The firm served as Town Prosecutor for the Town of Southeast. The Southeast Town Board appointed Borkowski as Southeast Town Justice in 1998. He was elected Judge in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 and 2007.
In January 2008 he was elected President of the Putnam County Magistrates Association. The association includes judges from all towns and villages in Putnam County, as well as the judges of the County Court and Supreme Court.
He resigned as judge in early 2009 in order to run for Putnam County Sheriff, challenging incumbent Donald B. Smith in a Republican Primary. He has said that Sheriff Smith is a good man but given the 26% increase in crime, it was time for new leadership at the Sheriff's Department. Further enforcing that sentiment was the announcement that the New York State Troopers PBA endorsed Borkowski. Borkowski has also received a letter of support from James O'Neill, President of the local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge. And on February 27, 2009 Borkowski announced that he had earned the Affiliated Police Associations endorsement and the support of 52 affiliated law enforcement organizations and police unions.
Smith has yet to announce whether he will be seeking re-election.
Borkowski lives in the town of Southeast, New York with his wife and two children.

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