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NY's 50th Assembly District
representing approx. 126,000 residents
encompassing Kings County

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Incumbent Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, ESQ.
Chair: Codes Committee
Member: Ways & Means, Rules, Election Law

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GENERAL ELECTION -- unopposed

Emily Gallagher (D)

 

NOTICE TO INCUMBENT LENTOL

cc: CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to NYT, etc
Brooklyn Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Brooklyn's  27 state legislators --
24 running for re-election -- which Brooklyn D.A. Gonzalez is "sitting on"

NOTICE TO CHALLENGER GALLAGHER

CJA's September 29, 2020 e-mail to Candidate Gallagher -
"GOOD NEWS! You have an open-&-shut public corruption issue that will WIN you election --
& demonstrate your fitness for public service"

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Democratic Primary

Joseph Lentol

Emily Gallagher

 

CJA's May 22, 2020 e-mail to Candidate Gallagher --
"You can win, easily & without money, NY's 50th Assembly seat.  All it takes is 'whistle-blowing'"

Strike #1
(Budget for FY 2013-14)

VIDEO:
CJA's testimony at February 6, 2013 budget hearing on “public protection”

CJA's March 13, 2013 e-mail to Budget Conference "Public Protection" Subcommittee Co-Chair Lentol -- "The Legislature's Duty to Reject Judicial Appropriations Bill S2601-A3001 & its Unidentified Judicial Salary Increases that are Fraudulent, Statutorily-Violative, & Unconstitutional"  -- attached/linked:  CJA's March 11, 2013 letter  -- "Rectifying Your Absence at the February 6, 2013 Budget Hearing on ‘Public Protection’ by Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the Opposition Testimony to the Judiciary Budget & its Judicial Salary Increase Request”

   -- ANALYSIS of the Legislature's "Color Books", to further demonstrate the Legislature's duty to reject the Judiciary Budget & the Judicial Salary Increases
        
 Exhibit A:   Senate Majority's "White Book"  link to "White Book"
           
Exhibit B:   Senate Minority's "Blue Book"   link to "Blue Book"
         
    
Exhibit C Assembly Majority's "Yellow Book" link to "Yellow Book"
           
Exhibit D Assembly Minority's "Green Book"  not publicly available  

CJA's March 19, 2013 e-mail to Assemblyman Lentol's Chief of Staff -- "Assisting the Legislature in Discharging its Constitutional Duty" -- enclosed March 19, 2013 letter to Governor Cuomo

CJA's March 19, 2013 e-mail to Assembly Ways & Means Member Lentol -- "Judiciary Budget, Judiciary Appropriations Bill, Judicial Pay Raises: Ltr to Governor on 'Assisting the Legislature in Discharging its Constitutional Duty" -- enclosed March 19, 2013 letter to Governor Cuomo

CJA's March 22, 2013 e-mail to Chair Lentol/"Public Protection" Budget Conference Subcommittee --
        -- attaching CJA's March 22, 2013 letter -- "...The Scandal of Judiciary Appropriations Bill S.2601/A.3001, the Unidentified, Unitemized Judicial Salary Increases Therein, District Attorney Salary Reimbursement Based Thereon -- & the Price Tag of Each"
 CJA's March 22, 2013 e-mail to Assemblyman Lentol's Chief of Staff & Albany Director of State Operations  
 

Strike #2
(Budget for FY 2014-2015)

summary of budget for FY 2014-2015 presented by
CJA's March 28, 2014 verified complaint (1st citizen-taxpayer action)

CJA's February 21, 2014 e-mail to Assembly Ways & Means Committee Member Lentol -- "HEADS UP: What's Been Happening with the Judiciary & Legislative Budgets -- & Appropriations for the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption?"    -- attached/linked: CJA's February 21, 2014 letter to Senate Finance Committee & Assembly Ways & Means Committee Chairs & Ranking Members -- "Restoring Value to Your Sham and Rigged February 5, 2014 'Public Protection' Budget Hearing on the Judiciary’s Proposed Budget by Appropriate Questioning of Chief Administrative Judge Prudenti"

CJA's February 24, 2014 e-mail to Assembly Ways & Means Committee Member Lentol -- "Again, HEADS UP!: What's Been Happening with the Judiciary & Legislative Budgets -- & Appropriations for the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption?"

    VIDEO: March 17, 2014 meeting of the Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee

VIDEO: March 20, 2014 meeting of Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee

VIDEO: March 26, 2014 meeting of Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee

 

Strike #3
(Budget for FY 2015-2016)

summary of the budget for FY 2015-2016 is presented by
CJA's March 31, 2015 verified supplemental complaint (1st citizen-taxpayer action)

VIDEO: March 16, 2015 meeting of Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee

VIDEO: March 19, 2015 meeting of Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee


Strike #4
(Budget for FY 2016-2017)

 summary of the budget for FY 2016-2017 is presented by
CJA's March 23, 2016 verified 2nd supplemental complaint (1st citizen-taxpayer action)
 

PLUS
CJA's September 2, 2016 verified complaint (2nd citizen-taxpayer action)

VIDEO:  March 16, 2016 meeting of Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee

VIDEO:  March 23, 2016 meeting of Public Protection Budget Conference Subcommittee

CJA's March 25, 2016 e-mail to Budget Conference "Public Protection" Subcommittee Co-Chair Lentol --
"Restoring constitutionality and lawfulness to NY's budgeting process --
& overriding the 'force of law' judicial pay raises" 

CJA's April 6, 2016 FOIL/Records Request to Senate & Assembly --
"Joint Budget Conference Committee, its Subcommittee on Public Protection, Criminal Justice, and Judiciary --
& its Additional Subcommittee, if any, having Jurisdiction over the Legislative Budget"

     Assembly's April 13, 2016 letter-response, with enclosure


Strike #
5
(Budget for FY 2017-2018)

summary of the budget for FY 2017-2018 is presented by
CJA's March 29, 2017 verified supplemental complaint (2nd citizen-taxpayer action)
 

VIDEO:
CJA's testimony at January 30, 2017 budget hearing on “local government officials/general government”

 VIDEO
CJA's testimony at January 31, 2017 budget hearing on “public protection”

CJA's February 8, 2017 e-mail to Assembly Codes Committee Chair Lentol
"Letter to Leadership: (1) Legislative Law Article 5-A Commissions on Gov't Administration & State-Local Relations; (2) requested meetings to prevent repeat of constitutional, statutory, & Legislative rule violations:  re: fiscal year 2017-18 budget"  attached/linked: CJA's February 6, 2017 letter to Legislative leaders

VIDEO:   March 17, 2017 meeting of Budget Conference "Public Protection" Subcommittee 

CJA's May 23, 2017 FOIL to Senate & Assembly --
"Joint Budget Conference Committee & its subcommittees for the fiscal year 2017-2018 state budget,
required by Permanent Joint Rule III"

           Assembly's May 30, 2017 responding letter
                     enclosure              

CJA's May 31, 2017 reply letter 

            Assembly's June 7, 2017 responding letter -- enclosure
                 
Senate's May 31, 2017 responding e-mail 

Strike #6
(Budget for FY 2018-2019)

VIDEO:
CJA's testimony at January 30, 2018 budget hearing on "public protection"


VIDEO:
CJA's testimony at February 5, 2018 budget hearing on "Local Government Officials/General Government"


VIDEO: March 15, 2018 meeting of Budget Conference "Public Protection" Subcommittee

VIDEO: March 22, 2018 meeting of Budget Conference "Public Protection" Subcommittee

CJA's December 10, 2018 FOIL request to Senate/Assembly --
"Reports & other records of the 2018 Joint Budget Conference Committee
& its subcommittees, required by Permanent Joint Rule III"

Senate's December 17, 2018 response, & pertinent links to above videos.

Assembly's December 17, 2018 response, with minutes for Public Protection Subcommittee

Strike #7
(Budget for FY 2019-2020)

CJA's February 19, 2019 written testimony, with Questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks & Temporary Senate President Stewart-Cousins & Assembly Speaker Heastie about Judiciary & Legislative Budgets & Budget Bill,
submitted for the February 11, 2019 budget hearing on "local government officials/general government"

VIDEO: March 14, 2019 meeting of Budget Conference "Public Protection" Subcommittee

CJA's October 2, 2019 FOIL/Records Request to Senate & Assembly --
"Joint Certificates for the Legislature's General Budget Conference Committee for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 --
& for its 'Public Protection' & 'General Government' Subcommittees"

Assembly's October 9, 2019 response  enclosure

Senate's October 10, 2019 extension letter

[CJA's May 26, 2020 FOIL/Records Request to Senate & Assembly  --
"Reports & other records of the 2019 Joint Budget Conference Committee & its subcommittees..."]


Strike #8
(for the Commission-Based Legislative & Executive Pay Raises)
CJA's July 16, 2019 e-mail to Assembly Codes Chair Lentol --
"NOTICE of Your Duty to Void the December 10, 2018 Report of the Committee on
Legislative
& Executive Compensation that Boosted Your Salaries -- & Preserved Your Stipends"


CJA's July 15, 2019 NOTICE --
"Your Duty to Void the December 10, 2018 Report
of the Committee on Legislative and Executive Compensation that Boosted Your Salaries"

 

Strike #9
(Budget for FY 2020-2021)

CJA's February 19, 2020 e-mail Senate & Assembly Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"CJA's Submissions for the record of the Legislature's Feb 12, 2020 'public protection' budget hearing

CJA's Questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks
pertaining to the Judiciary's proposed budget &
Gov Cuomo's Legislative/Judiciary Appropriations Bill #S.7501/A.9501

CJA's Questions for Temporary Senate President Stewart-Cousins
& Assembly Speaker Heastie

pertaining to the Legislature's proposed budget &
Gov Cuomo's Legislative/Judiciary Appropriations Bill #S.7501/A.9501

CJA's February 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo --
"Your January 21, 2020 address on the Executive Budget: Part I --
The 'very simple' budget numbers of your Executive Budget,
starting with those on your 'Partners in Government' slide"

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CJA's March 3, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo --
"Your January 21, 2020 address on the Executive Budget -- Part II:
The so-called 'independent commission [that] proposed pay raises
for New York's elected officials because we performed' --
& your other related slides and claims about public trust
in government, transparency, & 'nothing to hide'"

CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo --
"Your January 21, 2020 address on the Executive Budget -- Part III: 
GOOD NEWS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY--
You Can Chuck Six of Your Seven 'Article VII Bills' Because They are Unconstitutional. 
Here's why based on analysis of the Court of Appeals' 2004 plurality, concurring,
and dissenting opinions in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki, 4 N.Y3d 75"

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