Talk:Richard Aborn

early life
Mr. Aborn is a candidate for DA; is it too much to ask for his date of birth and an account of his early life? Since Mr. Morganthau, the current DA, is retiring at the age of 90 (!!!I'm not sure why this was allowed to happen!), I don't think this is a frivolous request. This information is supplied for his opponents Mr. Vance and Ms. Crocker and needs to be for Aborn as well.Ed (talk) 13:42, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

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Richard Aborn (born September 2, 1952) is the president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, a partner in the law firm Constantine Cannon, and president of CAAS LLC where he works with large urban police departments and criminal justice agencies in the United States and Europe.

Early Life and Education
Aborn was born in New York in 1952 and attended the University of Dubuque before studying at John Marshall Law School.

Manhattan District Attorney's Office
In 1979 Aborn became an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office under Robert M. Morgenthau. In the District Attorney's office he prosecuted felonies, including homicides, until 1984 when he began the law firm of Aborn and Anesi.

While on leave from his position at the Citizens Crime Commission of NYC in 2009, he was a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney. His list of endorsements included Congressman Jerry Nadler, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, State Senators Eric Schneiderman and Eric Adams, Assemblypersons Jonathan Bing, Deborah Glick, Richard Gottfried, Brian Kavanagh, Daniel O'Donnell, Linda Rosenthal and Michelle Schimel, and gun control organizations the Brady Campaign, Gun Free Kids, Million Mom March and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. He was defeated in the election by Cy Vance.

Handgun Control Inc and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
From 1992-1996 Aborn served as the president of Handgun Control Inc. (now the Brady Campaign) and president of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. Where he was a principal strategist behind the passing of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act as well as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban and High-capacity magazine ban.

NYPD Oversight
In 1999 Aborn was commissioned by the New York City Public Advocate to conduct an investigation of the NYPD’s disciplinary system and its response to civilian complaints of misconduct. On behalf of the Public Advocate, he also investigated NYPD’s disciplinary decisions in the fatal shooting of Amadou Diallo.

2001 Mayoral Election
In 2001, Aborn served as the senior law enforcement advisor to the Democratic mayoral nominee. During that campaign he developed criminal justice policies for New York City including the establishment of a “311” program which Mayor Michael Bloomberg implemented.

Constantine Cannon LLP
Since 2004, Aborn has served as a managing partner of Constantine Cannon a law firm.

CAAS LLC
Since 2004, Aborn has served as president of CAAS LLC where he works with large urban police departments and criminal justice agencies in the United States, South America and Europe.

Los Angeles Police Department

Aborn served on the Los Angeles Police Department Board of Inquiry examining the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT).

London

Aborn worked with Transport for London, the London Metropolitan Police Service, the British Transport Police, and the Crown Prosecution Service to improve the effectiveness of the enforcement and prosecution of low-level misdemeanor and disorder offenses committed in the London Underground.

Citizens Crime Commission of New York City
Aborn was appointed president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City in 2005.

NYPD

Aborn works closely with the NYPD on a variety of topics. At the request of then-NYPD Commissioner William Bratton, Aborn and his team conducted a review of the NYPD's responses to illegal gun crime and recommended reorganizing the NYPD to create a Gun Violence Suppression Division responsible for police investigations related to illegal guns, as well as shootings and gangs, and collaborating with prosecutors and the courts to swiftly prosecute illegal gun possessors. These recommendations were implemented in January 2016 as part of New York City's Project Fast Track initiative.

DNA Databank Expansion

Aborn was one of the advocates in support expanding New York State's DNA Databank to help convict the guilty and exonerate the innocent, appearing at press conferences, providing frequent media commentary and testifying before the New York State Legislature. These efforts help lead up to the passage of legislation in New York to expand the DNA Databank to all felonies and 18 additional misdemeanors in 2006 and then to all crimes in 2012.

Appointments

 * Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform
 * Transition team of Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark
 * New York State Juvenile Justice Advisory Group
 * Transition team of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
 * New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Wrongful Convictions

Publications
Social Media and Violence
 * Cleveland Plain Dealer op-ed by Richard Aborn "Facebook needs to do far more to police, deter future Facebook shooters" (June 1, 2017)
 * The Crime Report op-ed by Richard Aborn "Can We Stop Online Violence?" (May 16, 2017)
 * USA Today op-ed by Richard Aborn "Stop cyber fights before they get bloody" (April 5, 2015)

Mass Incarceration
 * Crain's NY op-ed by Richard Aborn "Ten years to close Rikers Island? Here's how to cut that in half" (June 12, 2017)
 * Albany Times Union op-ed by Richard Aborn “Reform Conditions in New York's Prisons” (April 1, 2015)
 * Gotham Gazette op-ed by Richard Aborn “Ensuring Long-Term Oversight and Accountability at Rikers” (February 12, 2015)
 * Americas Quarterly article by Richard Aborn & Ashley Cannon "Prisons: In Jail, But Not Sentenced" (Winter 2013)

Gun Policy
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn "Calling Republicans' bluff on enforcing the gun laws we already have" (June 27, 2017)
 * The New York Times letter to the editor by Richard Aborn “Gun Violence on Campus” (May 18, 2017)
 * The New York Times letter to the editor by Richard Aborn “Revive the Assault Weapons Ban” (November 2, 2016)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “George Zimmerman's Road Rage Case Shows Stand Your Ground Laws are Dangerous” (October 17, 2016)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “Too Many Guns On Too Many Campuses” (October 1, 2016)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “U.S. lawmakers can save lives if they reenact assault weapons ban” (June 12, 2016)
 * Newsday op-ed by Richard Aborn “A Commonsense Gun Restriction” (June 1, 2014)
 * Christian Science Monitor op-ed by Richard Aborn “Preventing School Shootings Starts with Gun Safety at Home” (October 31, 2013)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “Ban killer weapons and do it right now” (December 16, 2012)
 * Government, Law and Policy Journal article by Richard Aborn and Marlene Koury “A Stalled Farewell to Arms—Reinvigorating the Gun Control Movement” (2012)
 * Washington Post op-ed by Richard Aborn "Why Indifference to Gun Violence is a National Crime” (May 31, 2012)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “No more Jared Lee Loughners” (January 8, 2012)
 * op-ed by Richard Aborn “In wake of the Arizona massacre, ban high-capacity magazines: This one should be simple” (January 11, 2011)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “States Must Unite to Put an End to Illegal Gun Trafficking” (May 7 2008)
 * Fordham Urban Law Journal article by Richard Aborn "The Battle Over the Brady Bill and the Future of Gun Control Advocacy" (1994)

NYPD
 * Crain’s New York op-ed by Richard Aborn “Give the NYPD a Chance to Reform Itself” (August 12, 2016)
 * New York Post op-ed by Richard Aborn “New York Owes a Huge Debt of Gratitude to Bill Bratton” (August 2, 2016)
 * amNY op-ed by Richard Aborn “NYC Needs 1,000 New Cops So It Can Protect Communities Better” (May 22, 2015)
 * amNY op-ed by Richard Aborn “NYPD rift is a chance to improve the system” (January 16, 2015)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “Demilitarize towns, help fund the NYPD” (September 29, 2014)

Criminal Justice
 * New York Law Journal op-ed co-authored by Melissa Mark-Viverito and Richard Aborn “A Case for Neighborhood Justice” (March 2, 2017)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “The President vs. New York's Safety: How Trump is Endangering the City's Progress” (March 1, 2017)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “Cruelty to adolescents at Rikers Island will ruin the lives of thousands” (August 4, 2014)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “College for Convicts? Yes” (February 23, 2014)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “Raise Age for Adult Crimes” (December 9, 2013)

DNA Databank Expansion
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “DNA: Connect N.Y. Dots” (June 9, 2006)
 * New York Daily News op-ed by Richard Aborn “Make DNA the New Fingerprint” (December 3, 2009)
 * Albany Times Union op-ed by Richard Aborn “DNA tests should be routine as fingerprints” (July 8, 2010)
 * New York Post op-ed by Richard Aborn “Needless Delays for NY Justice” (May 25, 2011)
 * New York Post op-ed by Richard Aborn “DNA can boost NY justice” January 9, 2012)

Speaking Engagements

 * Inter-American Dialogue and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) event "Violence in the Caribbean & What Can be Done" (May 6, 2017)
 * John Jay College event "From Virtual to Violent: The Role of Social Media in Gun Violence" (March 20, 2017)
 * Manhattan Institute event "Twenty Years Of Broken Windows Policing: What's Ahead For Public Safety In New York City?" (October 16, 2014)
 * Global Economic Symposium panel “Security in the Face of Globalization” (October 16, 2014)
 * G50
 * American Friends Services Committee panel on gun control (July 2, 2010)

TV Appearances

 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on PBS' "MetroFocus", July 26, 2017
 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on NY1, July 26, 2017
 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on NY1's "Road to City Hall", April 28, 2017
 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on CNN's "Amanpour", April 10, 2015
 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry", February 3, 2013
 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on Charlie Rose, December 17, 2012
 * Transcript including Richard Aborn as a guest on "HANNITY & COLMES", June 3, 2004
 * Transcript including Richard Aborn as a guest on "HANNITY & COLMES", January 3, 2003
 * Video of Richard Aborn on C-SPAN discussing the Assault Weapons Ban, August 18, 1994
 * Video of Richard Aborn as a guest on C-SPAN's Call-In discussing the Assault Weapons Ban, May 3, 1994
 * Video of Richard Aborn on C-SPAN discussing the Brady Bill, August 24, 1993