[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE CHARLES J. HYNES

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 27, 2012

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate and pay tribute to 
Charles J. Hynes for his important and respected commitment to his 
community as the District Attorney of Kings County.
  Charles began his career in public service in 1963 as an associate 
attorney for the Legal Aid Society. In 1969, he joined the Kings County 
District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District Attorney. In 1971, 
he was named Chief of the Rackets Bureau and in 1973, he was promoted 
to First Assistant District Attorney.
  In 1999, Mr. Hynes created the ComALERT, (Community And Law 
Enforcement Resources Together), public safety program which supports 
individuals on probation or parole as they re-enter their Brooklyn 
communities. In 2005, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mr. Hynes started a 
United States Department of Justice funded Family Justice Center--a one 
stop shopping service for victims of domestic violence and their 
surviving children.
  Since 2000, District Attorney Hynes has served as a member of the 
American Bar Association. In 2008, he received the American Bar 
Association Award, ``Lawyer as Problem Solver,'' and the ``Cyrus R. 
Vance Tribute'' from The Fund for Modern Courts. In 2009, he was given 
the Diversity Championship Award by The New York City Bar Association. 
On November 3, 2009, Charles J. Hynes was re-elected to his sixth term 
as the District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn), New York.
  Mr. Hynes continues to demonstrate his commitment to public service 
and education by serving as an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at 
three New York City Law Schools. He was appointed to both St. John's 
and Brooklyn Law School in 1984, and Fordham University Law School in 
1992.
  Mr. Hynes is now spearheading a groundbreaking alternative-to-prison 
program for mothers and their children through a not-for-profit 
foundation named in honor of his mother, Regina Drew. The Drew 
Foundation is planning to operate the first residence of its kind in 
the country in which women will be permitted to remain with all of 
their children in a secure, community-based setting while receiving 
intensive trauma-focused, rehabilitative services.
  District Attorney Hynes is a proud and life-long resident of 
Brooklyn, where he was born and raised in the Flatbush section. He met 
his wife, Patricia L. Pennisi, a registered nurse, while they were 
undergraduate students. He attended St. John's University while she was 
at Kings County Hospital.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
contributions and accomplishments of Mr. Charles J. Hynes.

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