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D. A. Swanson's conflicts, impacting on Chautauqua County Taxpayers

The district attorney pay raises, PAID BY THE COUNTIES,
arising from the judicial pay raises

 

Chautauqua D.A. salary increases,
statutorily-linked to Chautauqua county court judge increases

Judiciary Law §221-d
Livingston Co. Court:  $119,800
(lowest of 7 pay levels for NY county court judges)

August 29, 2011 Report of the Commission on Judicial Compensation
April 1, 2012 -- $140,300
April 1, 2013 -- $146,400
April 1, 2014 -- $152,500

December 24, 2015 Report of the Commission
on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation
 
chart
April 1, 2016 -- $183,350
April 1, 2017 -- $185,200
April 1, 2018 -- $197,600
April 1, 2019 --$200,355
April 1, 2020 -- $200,355

April 1, 2020 -- $200,400
April 1, 2021 - $200,400
April 1, 2022 - $200,400
April 1, 2022 -- $200,400
April 1, 2023 -- $200,400

December 4, 2023 Report of the (3rd) Commission
on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation

chart
April 1, 2024 -- $221,100

 

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Chautauqua County's county-wide electeds
whose salary comes out of the Chautauqua County budget:


District Attorney: $200,400
County Executive:$96,426,
Sheriff: $86,955;
County Clerk: $57,856

CJA's July 16, 2020 FOIL request -- acknowledged & referred by budget director 

(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.


Chautauqau County's July 28, 2020 response

 

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CJA's PRIOR NOTICE TO D.A. SWANSON -- 2016

SEE:
CJA's 2016 OUTREACH --

HOW MANY D.A.s DOES IT TAKE
TO CONFRONT EVIDENCE & ABIDE BY ETHICAL RULES? --
NOTICE to NY's 62 district attorneys --
& October 14, 2016 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint against all of them

& CJA's webpage for Chautauqua County

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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

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

Law Department's September 19, 2016 letter with enclosure & August 14, 2016 letter
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