League of Women Voters and Pace University Sponsor Westchester County Debates for County Executive

DISTRICT ATTORNEY & COUNTY CLERK OCTOBER 27

WHITE PLAINS, NY - October 18, 2005 - The Westchester County League of Women Voters and Pace University's Office of Government and Community Relations will co-sponsor candidate debates for Westchester County Executive, District Attorney and County Clerk on October 27 in the Moot Court Room on the Pace Law School Campus in White Plains.  

Each debate will feature a moderator from the League of Women Voters and a three person panel, which will include media representatives and leaders from Pace University 's Student Government Associations. Each debate will follow a traditional format with an opening statement, questions from the panel and closing remarks.  

"Westchester County voters have a unique opportunity to hear the candidates from all three county wide races in one forum," said Noreen Fisher, Voter Service Chair for the Westchester County League of Women Voters. "The goal of this forum is to make it possible for voters to become better informed about candidate positions before they go to the polls."  

WHO:             Westchester County League of Women Voters and Pace University  

WHAT:           Westchester County Candidate Debates - County Executive , District  Attorney and 
                        County Clerk  

WHERE:         Moot Court Room , Pace University , 78 North Broadway, White Plains

WHEN:           Thursday, October 27, 2005

The debates are free and open to the public. Media admission by press card. The schedule on October 27^th is as follows:

Westchester County Clerk Debate, 3:30 - 4 p.m., Candidates are as follows:  
Ms. Linda Doherty R-IN-C
Mr. Timothy Idoni D-WF
Mr. Gregory Spero RTL  

Westchester County District Attorney Debate, 4:15 - 5 p.m. Candidates are as follows:
Ms. Janet DiFiore R-IN-C
Mr. Tony Castro D-WF
Mr. Anthony DeCintio, Jr. RTL

Westchester County - County Executive Debate, 8 - 9:30p.m. Candidates are as follows:
Mr. Rob Astorino R-IN-C
Mr. Andrew Spano D-IN-WF  

Observing its 100th anniversary in 2006, Pace is a private university in the New York Metropolitan area with a growing national reputation for offering students opportunity, teaching and learning based on research, civic involvement, international perspectives and measurable outcomes. It is one of the ten founders of Project Pericles, a coalition of campuses developing education that encourages lifelong participation in democratic processes. Pace has seven campuses: downtown and midtown New York City, Pleasantville, Briarcliff, White Plains (a graduate center and law school), and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport near Newburgh, N.Y. Approximately 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lienhard School of Nursing, Lubin School of Business, School of Education, School of Law and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. www.pace.edu.

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, NY, 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the JD program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LLM and SJD degrees in Environmental Law and an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, NY, and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu