CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
& STATE LEGISLATORS
57th SD
(Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua Counties & part of Livingston
County)
George Borrello
Member:
Senate Committee on Budget & Revenues; Senate Committee on Local Government
150th AD
(Chautauqua County)
Andrew Goodell, ESQ.
Member: Assembly Judiciary Committee; Assembly Committee on Governmental
Operations
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Chautauqua County's website for:
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PATRICK SWANSON
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here for:
2020 Election for Chautauqua Co. D.A.
1.
CJA's June 12, 2020 corruption/grand jury complaint to D.A.
Swanson
against Chautauqua County's state legislators
Assembly Minority Leader
Pro Tempore Andrew Goodell, ESQ. --
150th AD
Senator George Borrello -- 57th SD
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EVIDENTIARY PROOF,
accessible from CJA's webpage:
"The power of grand
juries to inquire
into the wilful misconduct in
office of public officers,
and to find indictments...",
pursuant to Article I, §6
of the New York State Constitution
D.A. Swanson's
financial conflicts of interest,
impacting on Chautauqua County taxpayers
2.
CJA's
July 24, 2020 e-mail to D.A. Swanson &
here --
"Reasonable questions arising from your
nonfeasance"
attached
FOIL
Cty Attorney's August 19, 2020 response
enclosure
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Correspondence with
Chautauqua County
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY ATTORNEY: Stephen Abdella, ESQ.
1.
CJA's
July 12, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney --
"NOTICE to Chautauqua Co.
Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the
state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A.
Swanson's findings of fact and conclusions of law"
--
cc: DA Swanson -- &
attaching:
CJA's July
8, 2016 letter -- ATT: County Board, County Executive, County
Treasurer/Comptroller, & County Attorney --
"GIVING NOTICE:
Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed district
attorney salary increases based on your
own district attorney's findings of fact and conclusions of
law with respect to rock-solid, prima facie evidence
establishing them to be based on judicial salary increases that are
statutorily-violative, fraudulent -- &
unconstitutional
click here for: evidentiary
webpage
2.
CJA's July 14, 2016
FOIL REQUEST
--
"Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits' --
for
District Attorneys and Other Full-TIme Elected County
Officers"
transmitting e-mail
September 19, 2016 letter with enclosure
3.
CJA's August 8, 2016 FOIL REQUEST
--
"State Aid for District Attorney
Salaries"
transmitting e-mail
August
15, 2016 acknowledgement
4.
CJA's September 7, 2016 e-mail to County
Attorney --
"Notice of Right to Seek Intervention --
Citizen-Taxpayer Action to Void D.A. Salary Increases
& State
Reimbursement to the Counties" --
webpage with accompanying NOTICE
5.
CJA's July 16, 2020
FOIL request sent via Chautauqua County’s website,
https://chqgov.com/form/foil-request-form:
(1) the 2020 salary figures for Chautauqua
County's five highest appointed officers/employees whose salary is paid
from the Chautauqua County budget -- and, if the county attorney is not
among them, the salary of the county attorney and, as to him, his salary
in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019;
(2) the membership dues/fees that Chautauqua County
paid each year, from 2016-2020, for its membership in (a) New York State
Association of Counties (NYSAC); (b) County Attorneys Association of the
State of New York (CAASNY); (c) District Attorneys Association of the
State of New York (DAASNY); (d) local and state bar associations.
If you wish to furnish the requested
information, as contained in records, please do so.
July
17, 2020 e-mail from Budget Director
July 28, 2020 FOIL response
6.
CJA's July 24, 2020 FOIL to County Attorney/Records Access Officer
"(1) the functioning of the Chautauqua County district attorney’s
office and performance of its duties with respect to public
corruption complaints filed by members of the public; (2) access to
the Chautauqua County grand jury so that it can discharge its duty
pursuant to Article I, §6 of the New York State Constitution and
Criminal Procedure Law Article 190, unobstructed by the Chautauqua
County district attorney."
Cty Attorney's July 25, 2020 acknowledgment
Cty Attorney's August 19, 2020 response &
enclosure
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Chautauqua
County Ethics Board