George Sassower, Esq. Legacy Project
Correspondence
under construction
-- here's what's been recovered, so far...
To Chief Judge Wachtler
June 24, 1988 letter to Chief Judge Sol Wachtler & Chief Administrator
Albert Rosenblatt
January 3, 1989 letter to Chief Judge Sol Wachtler
(cc: Daily News, Newsday, UPI, Village
Voice, Post, NYT)
Chief Judge Wachtler's January 9, 1989 letter
cc:
January 9, 1989 complaint to Commission
on Judicial Conduct --
RE: 1st Dept. Appellate
Division Presiding Justice Murphy
OCA Counsel Michael Colodner's January 19, 1989 letter
January 25, 1989 letter to Chief Judge Wachtler
(cc: Colodner, Daily News,
Newsday, UPI, Village Voice, Post, NYT)
February 7, 1989 letter to Chief Judge Wachtler
enclosing:
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Abrams
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Cook
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Feltman
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Reynolds
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Diamond
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Younger/OCA
Feb. 3, 1989 letter to Rashba & Pokart
-- & to
Presiding App. Div. Justice Murphy
cc:
February 10, 1989 complaint to
Commission on Governmental Integrity
February 14, 1989 letter to Wachtler for UPI-Ferziger (cc:
Ferziger, DDC Chair Jackson, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Commission on
Government Integrity)
February 15, 1989 letter to Wachtler for Daily News (cc:
Daily News-Jack Newfield, etc, DDC Chair Jackson, Commission on Judicial
Conduct, Commission on Government Integrity)
February 15, 1989 letter to Wachtler for Newsday (cc:
Newsday, DDC Chair Jackson, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Commission on
Government Integrity)
February 20, 1989 letter to Wachtler for Wall Street Journal
(cc: WSJ, DDC Chair Jackson, Commission on Judicial Conduct,
Commission on Government Integrity)
February 20, 1989 letter to Wachtler for Manhattan Lawyer (cc:
Manhattan Lawyer, DDC Chair Jackson, Commission on Judicial Conduct,
Commission on Government Integrity)
February 22, 1989 letter to Wachtler for New York Post (cc:
NY Post, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Commission on Government Integrity)
February 22, 1989 letter to Wachtler for Westchester-Rockland Newspapers
(cc: Westchester-Rockland Newspapers, Commission on Judicial
Conduct, Commission on Government Integrity)
February 22, 1989 letter to Wachtler for New York Times (cc:
NYT, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Commission on Government Integrity)
cc:
February 23, 1989 to Commission on Judicial Conduct
vs. 1st Dept Appellate Division Presiding Justice Murphy
GS' February 23, 1989 complaint vs Chair Jackson
cc:
February 27, 1989 to Commission on Judicial Conduct
vs. 1st Dept Presiding Justice Murphy
March 16, 1989 letter to Chairman Wachtler (cc: OCA
Inspector General Gallagher)
cc:
March 16, 1989 complaint
to Commission on Judicial Conduct -- RE: Murphy
cc:
March 16, 1989 letter to 1st Dept. Appellate Division Justice David Ross
(cc: DDC)
cc:
March 20, 1989 letter to 1st Dept. Appellate Division Justice Ross
(cc: media)
Wachtler's March 28, 1989 letter
August 26, 1989 letter to Wachtler
August 29, 1989 letter to Wachtler
cc:
October 2, 1989 letter from OCA Deputy Counsel Eiseman
cc:
October 10, 1989 letter to OCA Deputy Counsel Eiseman
cc:
October 26, 1989 letter to OCA Deputy Counsel Eiseman
October 26, 1989 letter to Judge Wachtler
Wachtler's October 30, 1989 letter
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TO: GOVERNOR MARIO CUOMO
September 22, 1985 letter to Governor Mario Cuomo
August 14, 1986 letter to Governor Cuomo Re: Chief Admin.
Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa
August 29, 1986 letter to Governor Cuomo -- Re: Associate Justice
Richard Wallach
December 19, 1986 letter to Governor Cuomo -- Re: Chief Administrator
Joseph Bellacosa
August 15, 1988 letter to Governor Cuomo Re: District Attorney Robert
Morgenthau
August 17, 1988 letter to Governor Cuomo -- Re: District
Attorney Robert Morgenthau
August 23, 1988 letter to Governor Cuomo -- Re: People ex rel.
Sassower v. Cuomo Index # 5279-1988
August 18, 1988 verified petition (S.Ct/Albany County) People of the
State of New York, ex rel., George Sassower v. Mario Cuomo
and Edward Regan, Governor & Comptroller, respectively of
the State of New York
January 1, 1989 letter to Governor Mario Cuomo --
"the time has come for Your Excellency, as Chief
Executive Officer of the State, to initiate a state criminal inquiry into
the activities of Presiding Justice FRANCIS T. MURPHY of the Appellate
Division, First Judicial Department, and also insure that access to the
grand jury is made available for the offensive purposes set forth in Article
I, §6 of the N. Y. State Constitution
January 6, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
January 16, 1989 letter
January 28, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
January 28, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
February 5, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
March 10, 1989 letter from Governor's Counsel to the Director of Criminal
Justice
August 9, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
December 11, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
December 18, 1989 letter to Governor Cuomo
TO: Chief Administrative Judge
Bellacosa
November 18, 1985 to Bellacosa
November 25, 1985 to Bellacosa
December 7, 1985 letter to Chief Administrator Joseph Bellacosa
December 12, 1985 from Asst. Counsel John Brosnan
December 14, 1985 to Bellacosa
December 27, 1985 from Asst. Counsel Brosnan
January 23, 1986 from Asst. Counsel Brosnan
February 5, 1986 to Bellacosa
December 23, 1986 to Bellacosa
January 7, 1987 to Bellacosa
January 8, 1987 letter to Bellacosa
cc:
February 5, 1989 complaint to Commission
on Government Integrity
TO: NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY MORGENTHAU
March 30, 1984 letter to New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau
April 7, 1984 letter to
D.A. Morgenthau
July 20, 1992 letter to D.A. Morgenthau
April 26, 1994 letter
May 19, 1994 letter
July 5, 1995 letter to
D.A. Morgenthau
cc:
July 5, 1995 letter to Governor George Pataki
TO: SPECIAL STATE PROSECUTOR HYNES
August 8, 1986 letter to Special State Prosecutor
Charles Hynes
TO: NY STATE LEGISLATORS
January 1, 1987 letter to NYS Assembly members -- Impeach
Administrative Judge Xavier Riccobono
January
1, 1987 letter to NYS Senators -- Re: Chief Administrative Judge
Joseph Bellacosa
June 28, 1988 letter to NYS Assemblyman Peter Sulivan
July 8, 1988 letter to NYS Assemblyman Sullivan
April 3, 1989 letter
to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair John Dunn & Assembly Judiciary Chair G.
Oliver Koppell
April 17, 1989 letter to Judiciary Committee Chairs Dunn & Koppell
October 10, 1989 letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Chair Koppell -- "Greylord - New York"
May 3, 1994 letter to NY Attorney General G. Oliver
Koppell
TO: OCA INSPECTOR GENERAL
January 17, 1997 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman
"For eons your Inspector General...has had the
conclusive evidence on the subject. When can we expect some action on
the matter."
December 29, 1988 complaint
January 31, 1994 letter
cc:
February 17, 1994 letter cc:
March 21, 1994 letter
April 8, 1994 FOIL request -- re: Inspector General
1988-1989: COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY
August 15, 1988 complaint --
Robert Abrams, Senior Attorney Cook
September 27, 1988 complaint
--
vs Robert Abrams, Senior Attorney Cook,
Asst. AG Slonim
October 17, 1988 complaint
--
-- Robb, Rubin, Shea, Ciparick, Altman,
Stern, Bellacosa, Rosenblatt
January 5, 1989 complaint -- Abrams, Cook, Slonim
February 5, 1989 complaint
--
-- Robb, Rubin, Shea, Ciparick, Altman,
Stern, Bellacosa, Rosenblatt
February 10, 1989 complaint
--
Colodner
August 9, 1989 complaint --
Abrams, Cook
August 29, 1989 complaint
--
Abrams, Cook
TO: BAR ASSOCIATIONS
April 2, 1984 letter to New York City Bar President Lewis Craco
April 4, 1984 letter from Craco
April 26, 1984 letter from City Bar-Hawkins
September 18, 1985 letter to New York City Bar President Robert McKay
1982
August 30, 1982 letter from AD2 Clerk
December 7, 1982 letter to NYLJ
1984
June 15, 1984 letter to Kreindler & Relkin cc: judges & AG
1985
September 19, 1985 letter to City Bar President Robert McKay
September 27, 1985 letter to Brooklyn Law School Professor Henry Holzer
September 28, 1985 letter to U.S. Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan & Alfonse
D'Amato
1986
March 17, 1986 letter to Second Circuit Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg
July 14, 1986 letter to Appellate Division, First Dept. Presiding Justice
Francis Murphy
August 23, 1986 letter to Judge Burton Joseph -- Kelly Estate
August 26, 1986 to American Jurist
1987
January 1, 1987 letter to Warren Burger, Chair/Commission on the
Bicentennial of the US Constitution
January 1, 1987 to NYS Assembly Members -- "Impeach Administrative Judge
Xavier Riccobono"
January 5, 1987 letter to Commission on Civil Rights
January 7, 1987 letter to 2nd Dept Presiding Justice Mollen --
"Grievance Committee v. G. Sassower"
January 11, 1987 letter to Acting Supreme Court Justice Joseph --
"Nothing"
January 14, 1987 letter to New York Law Journal
January 18, 1987 letter to Presiding Justice Mollen -- Grievance
Committee v. G. Sassower
January 1987 to 1st Dept Supreme Court Justices
February 7, 2087 letter to Presiding Justice Mollen
February 12, 1987 letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman G. Oliver
Koppell
February 12, 1987 letter to Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman
February 12, 1987 letter to US Attorney/EDNY Andrew Maloney
February 12, 1987 letter to US Attorney/SDNY Rudolph Giuliani
February 12, 1987 letter to NYC Bar President Robert Kaufman
February 16, 1987 letter to Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions
February 17, 1987 letter to 2nd Dept Presiding Justice Mollen
February 18, 1987 letter to 1st Dept. Associate Justices
March 17, 1987 letter to Second Circuit Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg
March 22, 1987 letter Second Circuit Chief Judge Feinberg
March 26, 1987 letter to 2nd Circuit Clerk
March 27, 1987 letter to 2nd Circuit Judges
April 28, 1987 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Joseph Biden &
House Judiciary Committee Chair Peter Rodino
April 29, 1987 letter to NYC Bar President Robert Kaufman
May 7, 1987 letter to Geo Gallantz -- cc: Rehnquist/fed judges
June 8, 1987 letter to US Justice Dept/Office of Professional Responsibility
June 15, 1987 letter to US Attorney General Ed Meese
June 27, 1987 letter to US Attorney Giuliani
June 27, 1987 letter to Judge Goettel
June 21, 1987 letter to US Justice Dept/Office of Professional
Responsibility
July 17, 1987 letter to Glasser from US Attorney/EDNY
July 18, 1987 letter to Judge Goettel
August 22, 1987 letter to US Attorney Giuliani -- 86 Bkcy
20500
September 4, 1987 letter to US Attorney Giuliani -- 86 Bkcy
20500
October 14, 1987 letter to Connor
December 7, 1987 letter to 2nd Circuit Chief Judge Feinberg
December 8, 1987 letter to Feinberg
1988
March 17, 1988 letter to US Bankruptcy Judge Moore/NJ
June 6, 1988 letter to US Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist -- "Feinberg's
Corrupt Judicial Empire"
June 10, 1988 letter to 2nd Circuit Chief Judge Feinberg -- "Unfit for
Human Litigation"
June 10, 1988 letter to 1st Circuit Chief Judge;
3rd Circuit Chief Judge;
4th Circuit Chief Judge,
etc.
June 2, 1988 letter to Nat Hentoff/Village Voice
June
24, 1988 letter to American Civil Liberties Union
June 24, 1988 letter to Center for Constitutional Rights
June 28, 1988 letter to Assemblyman Peter Sullivan
July 8, 1988 letter to Assemblyman Sullivan
Juy 15, 1988 to Center for Constitutional Rights
July 27, 1988 to Asst. US Attorney/NY
note
to Norman Siegel/NYCLU
September 30, 1988 letter to Murphy
1989
February 7, 1989 letter to 1st AD Presiding Justice Murphy
March 8, 1989 letter to Magristrate
March 8, 1989 letter to US Chief Marshal
March 13, 1989 letter to Marshal
March 19, 1989 letter to Magristrate
March 21, 1989 to Norman Siegel/NY Civil Liberties Union
April 19, 1989 letter to Marshal
May 17, 1989 letter to US Chief Marshall
June 30, 1989 letter to New Jersey Law Journal Reporter
Cathy Bird
June 30, 1989 letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey
August 13, 1989 letter to Congresswoman Lowey
October 26, 1989 letter to Judge Kupferman
December 11, 1989 letter to NYC Mayor-Elect David Dinkins
1990
January 17, 1990 open letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey
January 15, 1990 letter to Professor Bennett Gershman
January 19, 1990 letter from Sen. Edward Kennedy
January 23, 1990 letter from Brieant
1991
January 9, 1991 letter to Judicial Conference
March 20, 1991 letter to Kathleen Bird/New Jersey Law
Journal -- "The Mother of All Judicial Frauds"
March 24, 1991 letter to A.M. Best's Publications -- "The Mother of All
Insurance Frauds"
1992
April 13, 1992 letter to Hal Lieberman/1st Dept. Attorney Disciplinary
Committee
May 18, 1992 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Joseph Biden
Biden's June 29, 1992 letter
July 16, 1992 letter to US Representative Nita Lowey
July 16, 1992 open letter to Representative Lowey
July 20, 1992 letter to Liz Holtzman
July 30, 1992 letter from Representative Lowey
August 5, 1992 open letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey
August 7, 1992 letter to Asst AG
November 12, 1992 letter to FBI Director William Sessions
1993
June 1, 1993 letter to
President Clinton -- RE: Circuit
Judge Jon Newman
July 9, 1993 letter to National Commission on Judicial Discipline and
Removal
1994
May 3, 1994 letter to AG Koppell
June 20, 1994 acknowledgment ltr from OCA Ethics Commission
June 28, 1994 letter to Attorney General Janet Reno
1995
June 16, 1995 Access to Records form -- OCA
July 5, 1995 letter to Governor George Pataki
September 13, 1995 letter to AG Vacco
2008
July 28, 2008 letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey
31 USC §1351 Demand
1996
July 22, 1996 letter to Public Integrity Section/US Dept of Justice
August 2, 1996 letter to Public Integrity Section/US Dept of Justice
1997
January 17, 1997 letter to Arthur Sulzberger/NYT
January 17, 1997 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman
"For eons your Inspector General...has had the
conclusive evidence on the subject. When can we expect some action on
the matter."
March
17, 1997 letter to Sulzberger/New York Times -- Newman,
Murphy, Vacco
December 16, 1997 letter to Steven Brill, Esq./Publisher-Content Magazine
1998
October 27, 1998 from Senator Alfonse D'Amato
2004
October 27, 2004 letter to Administrative Judge Nicolai -- cc
Kavanaugh
2005
July
8, 2005 letter to President Bush
2006
February 23, 2006 letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey
2009
January 15, 2009 letter to Governor David
Paterson -- RE: Andrew M. Cuomo
cc: Cuomo
January 16, 2009 letter to Governor Paterson -- Andrew M. Cuomo cc:
Cuomo
January 27, 2009 letter to President Obama
February 18, 2009 letter to Albany D.A. Soares' Public
Integrity Unit -- RE: Lippman
enclosure --
"'Smoking Guns' -- The Rise & Fall of Chief Judge of the State of NY
Jonathan Lippman"
cc: Lippman, Cuomo
2010
July 27, 2010 letter to Chief Justice Roberts
2011
February 8, 2011 letter to Westchester Grand Jury c/o
DiFiore
2012
July 16, 2012 letter to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara
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