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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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