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ELECTIONS 2020 -- DUTCHESS COUNTY


wikipedia: Dutchess County

As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,488....
The median income for a household in the county was $53,086, and the median income for a family was $63,254. Males had a median income of $45,576 versus $30,706 for females. The 
per capita income for the county was $23,940. About 5.0% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Board of Elections

DUTCHESS COUNTY STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
& STATE LEGISLATORS


40th SD  (parts of Dutchess, Putnam, & Westchester Counties)
PETE HARCKHAM 
Member: Local Government
 

41st SD (parts of Dutchess, Putnam Counties)
SUE SERINO



103rd AD (parts of Dutchess, Ulster counties)
KEVIN CAHILL, ESQ.
(Albany Law School) (elected 1992)

Member: Ways & Means


104th AD (parts of Dutchess, Orange, Ulster Counties)
JONATHAN JACOBSON, ESQ.
(New York Law School)  (elected Nov. 2018)
Local Governments, Election Law

105th AD  (parts of Dutchess County)
KIERAN MICHAEL LALOR, ESQ.
Member: Governmental Operations; Corporations, Authorities & Commissions


106th AD (parts of Dutchess & Columbia Counties)
DIDI BARRETT

 

DUTCHESS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: William V. Grady, ESQ.

1.
CJA's June 15, 2020 corruption/grand jury complaint to D.A. Grady
against Dutchess County state legislators

Senator Peter Harckham – 40th SD
Senator Susan Serino – 41st SD
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, ESQ. – 103rd AD
Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson, ESQ. – 104th AD
Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, ESQ. – 105th AD
Assemblywoman Didi Barrett 106th AD

click here for EVIDENTIARY PROOF,
accessible from CJA's webpage:
Invoking "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

2.
CJA's July 29, 2020 e-mail to D.A. Grady --
"Reasonable questions arising from your nonfeasance..."
-- attached FOIL

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Correspondence with Dutchess County

DUTCHESS COUNTY ATTORNEY: James Fedorchak, ESQ.


1.
CJA's July 7, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney - cc: D.A. Grady
"...letter to Dutchess County Government -- RE: Your Duty to Dutchess County Taxpayers
to Repudiate & Challenge the District Attorney Salary Increases
"

County Attorney's July 7, 2016 e-mail --
cc: D.A. Grady
 
CJA's July 8, 2016 e-mail --
cc: D.A. Grady
"CJA's revised & superseding letter to Dutchess County Government to repudiate
& successfully challenge the D.A. salary increases based on rock-solid, prima facie evidence"

County Attorney's July 11, 2016 e-mail

CJA's July 11, 2016 e-mail -- "Thank you for the courtesy of your e-mail -- Notice to Dutchess Co. Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Grady's findings of fact and conclusions of law" --
cc: D.A. Grady & 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


CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to Legislative Clerk -- cc: D.A. Grady, County Attorney
"Notice to Dutchess Co. Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Grady's findings of fact and conclusions of law"

Legislative Clerk's July 13, 2016 e-mail

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail -- "Thank you so very much..."

Legislative Clerk's July 13, 2016 e-mail

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to Legislative Clerk -- "thank you.  will do!"

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to County Executive,
County Budget Director, Comptroller, Finance, etc.
--  cc: D.A. Grady, County Attorney
"Notice to Dutchess Co. Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Grady's findings of fact and conclusions of law"

Comptroller's August 29, 2016 e-mail --
RE: Notice to Dutchess Co. Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Grady's findings of fact and conclusions of law"

CJA's August 29, 2016 e-mail -- "Thank you!..."
Comptroller's August 29, 2016 e-mail
CJA's August 29, 2016 e-mail -- "again, thank you..."
Comptroller's August 29, 2016 e-mail
CJA's August 29, 2016 e-mail -- "perfect!..."


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 
County Attorney's July 15, 2016 e-mail
CJA's July 18, 2016 e-mail
County Attorney's July 18, 2016 e-mail
CJA's July 18, 2016 e-mail to Deputy County Attorney
Deputy County Attorney's July 18, 2016 e-mail
C
JA's July 18, 2016 e-mail to Deputy County Attorney
County Attorney's July 25, 2016 e-mail
August 3, 2016 letter with charges

3.
CJA's August 8, 2016 FOIL REQUEST --
"State Aid for District Attorney Salaries" 
transmitting e-mail

County Attorney's August 8, 2016 e-mail

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 29, 2020 FOIL REQUEST --
"(1) the functioning of the Dutchess 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 Dutchess 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 Dutchess County district attorney.
"

July 30, 2020 acknowledgment

September 8, 2020 response 
enclosure -- "The Right Thing" -- 2016

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Dutchess County 2020 budget --
D.A. --   (p. 334):  2019 - $197,601    2020 - $207,937
Sheriff  (p. 436):  2019 -- $125,664    2020 -- $129,434
Cty Exec  (p. 156):  2019 -- $139,869   2020 -- $144,065
Comptroller (p. 92):  2019 -- $99,937    2020 -- $102,935
Cty Clerk  (p. 138):   2019 - $106,023   2020 -- $109,205

Cty Att  (p. 212):  2019 -- $168,121    2020 - $175,833

 

Dutchess County 2020 budget --
D.A. --   (p. 334):  2020 - $207,937

Dutchess County 2019 budget
D.A.  (p. 325)     2019  $197,601

Dutchess County 2018 budget
D.A. (p.329)       2018  $190,485

Dutchess County 2017 budget
D.A. (p. 326)  2016:  $159,900    2017  $183,350

Dutchess County 2016 budget

 

November 6, 2019
"Dutchess County Elections: 5 things learned", Poughkeepsie Journal (Geoffrey Wilson)
Grady is the longest-serving DA in New York, having been in the position for 36 years, and hadn’t been challenged yet this century. Still, at the end of Tuesday he held just a 33,687-32,873 vote edge.

 

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