Paul Karukapalill
Congers: Asian American Political Forum in Rockland County is conducting a meet and greet program with Mr. Ed Day, County Executive of Rockland County in New York. The Program will be held on Friday, October 1st at 8.30 PM at Clarks Town RFORMED CHURCH, 107 Straw Town Rd, WEST NYACK NY 10994.
Mr. Ed Day will interact with Asian American community leaders and will listen to the opinions that they share with him. Mr. Ed Day had always maintained a warm relationship with Asian American communities, and he had valued their opinions for making many decisions that were made for the county in various developmental programs. He took keen interest in participating many socio-cultural programs that were conducted by Asian American communities in Rockland County. Majority of Asian American communities are great supporters of Mr. Ed Day for his both turner as County Executive and three times as county legislature before he became county executive.
Mr. Ed Day was first elected as county executive in 2013 by securing 52% votes and was reelected with 12 points margins against 2 opponents, in a contest that broke all records for a local election. Ed Day who turned 70 this year is the most popular executive of Rockland County ever had. When he took the office in 2013, the county was at the brink of financial collapse. He brough back the county into increasingly successful financial status. The voters clearly recognized this accomplishment by returning him to Office for a second term with an unbelievable margin of victory.
Ed graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1968. He continued his education with an associate degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Kingsborough Community College in 1971, further pursuing his education at Pace University while working full time in sales. Eight years later, he joined the New York City Police Department. In 1983, Ed moved north to Rockland County.
Ed’s career with NYPD took him from Patrol Officer to Sergeant in 1985, where he oversaw one of the nation’s first Community Policing Units. He earned the rank of Lieutenant in 1989 and Lieutenant-Commander of Detectives in 1999, holding several key positions before serving as Commanding Officer of two Detective Squads in the Bronx.
Ed retired from the NYPD in 2000, having earned 40 citations for meritorious and conspicuous actions in the line of duty. He then joined Phipps Houses Services, a New York-based property management corporation as their Director of Corporate Security.
In 2003 he became Chief of Detectives of the Baltimore Police Department, where he held executive command responsibility for all detective operations, personnel and administrative matters within the entire 3,200 member force. He oversaw a budget in excess of $7 million and implemented a series of reforms, resulting in a 50% increased success rate for violent crime investigations and reducing overtime expenditures by over 10%. He then moved back to the private sector, working as a Senior Security Consultant for American Security Systems, Inc.
Mr. Day is dedicated to the community, both in and out of politics. He’s volunteered as a youth baseball, basketball, and football coach since the early 1990’s. Seeing a need to better unite and represent his local community, he reconstituted and served as president of the Little Tor Neighborhood Association in 1997. Ed also grew involved in our schools, creating the PTA Child Personal Safety Course Pilot Project, a curriculum still in place today in the Clarkstown Central School District. He’s been honored as a Lifetime Member of the PTA and served as co-president of the Clarks Town North Football Fourth Quarter Club. In 2003, his dedication to the community was recognized when he earned the Rockland County Distinguished Service Award.
After having served as a volunteer on a variety of town committees, Ed realized that he could better fit for government from the inside. In 2005, he announced a run for the County Legislature. Ed’s tireless efforts fighting for public safety, fiscal responsibility and a commonsense approach to government led to his election in November 2005 and reelection in 2007 and 2011.
