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§ 35. Unclassified service. The civil service of the state and each of
its   civil   divisions   shall be divided into the classified and
unclassified service. The unclassified service shall comprise the
following:
    (a) all elective offices;
    (b) all offices filled by election or appointment by the legislature
on joint ballot;
    (c) all officers and employees of the state legislature, and all
officers and employees of any other legislative body whose principal
functions and duties are directly related to the performance of the
legislative functions of such body;
    (d) all offices filled by appointment by the governor, either upon or
without confirmation by the senate, except officers and employees in the
executive department who are not heads of divisions therein;
    (e) the head or heads of any department of the government who are
vested with authority, direction and control over a department, and who
have power and authority to appoint and remove officers and employees
therein;

8. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, where and to the extent that an agreement between the state and an employee organization entered into pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter so provides, the state cost of premium or subscription charges for eligible employees covered by such agreement may be modified pursuant to the terms of such agreement. The president, with the approval of the director of the budget, may extend the modified state cost of premium or subscription charges for employees or retirees not subject to an agreement referenced above and shall promulgate the necessary rules or regulations to implement this provision.

See.i.Hatter ofRet;"ed Pub. Emps. Ass·1I.111c. v. ClIomo, Index No. 7586/2011,2012
N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 5714, at *2 (Sup Ct. A..lbany Cnty. Dec. 17,2012)

December 6, 2015: Associated Press (David Klepper) --   "Good-government groups have long said one way to prevent corruption is to pay lawmakers more and restrict how much they can make from outside jobs.
      Legislators now make $79,500 per year for what is technically a part-time job....
      ...More than two-thirds of lawmakers report less than $20,000 in outside income. Only 21 of them say they make $100,000 or more from outside work..."

December 6, 2015: Daily News (Ken Lovett) -- "We are ostensibly supposed to have, or legally supposed to have, a citizen Legislature or a part-time Legislature," quote of Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan

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Daily Freeman, December 6, 2015 "the pension system is 'a driver to stay in office' that contributes to the problems and corruption plaguing government in New York." (Kyle Hughes)

Disqualification for Corruption & Complicity in Corruption --

(1) Chairwoman Sheila Birnbaum

Appellate Division, Second Department Justice & Member of Second Department's Committee on Attorney Discipline

CJA's November 13, 2003 letter-memo -- "RE: Fulfilling the mandate of Presiding Justice Prudenti's Committee examining whether the Second Department is "'acting fairly and equitably' when dealing with an attorney's right to practice law' by reviewing the dispositive case file evidence"
   -- CJA's January 27, 2003 letter to Barry Kamins, Esq., co-chair Attorney Discipline Subcommittee
    -- CJA's February 3, 2003 letter to Mr. Kamins
    -- Mr. Kamins' March 17, 2003 letter to CJA
    -- Mr. Kamins' October 22, 2003 letter to CJA

        SEE: Test Cases - Federal (Mangano)

    -- CJA's November 6, 2003 letter to Brooklyn District Attorney Hynes, co-chair, Admissions Subcommittee
        SEE: Correspondence-NYS Officials-D.A. Hynes

(cc) CJA's November 25, 2003 letter to New York State Bar Association President A. Thomas Levin -- "RE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: The New York State Bar Association's duty -- reinforced by your September 16, 2003 testimony before Chief Judge Kaye's Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections -- to confront case file evidence documentarily establishing the corruption of all safeguards for ensuring the integrity of judicial elections, including: (1) the unconstitutionality of New York's attorney disciplinary law, as written and as applied; and (2) the corruption of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

          SEE: Test Cases - Federal (Mangano)

September 15, 2004 letter to Elena Sassower from the Principal Law Clerk of Appellate Division, 2nd Department Presiding Justice Prudenti

Appellate Division, Second Department's October 5, 2004 Press Release: "Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, Makes Report on Attorney Admission and Discipline Available to Public"

July 30, 2004 Report and Recommendations

October 25, 2004 letter to Elena Sassower from the Principal Law Clerk of Appellate Division, 2nd Department Presiding Justice Prudenti

October 25, 2004 letter to Doris L. Sassower from the Principal Law Clerk of Appellate Division, 2nd Department Presiding Justice Prudenti

October 28, 2004 letter to Elena Sassower from the Principal Law Clerk of Appellate Division, 2nd Department Presiding Justice Prudenti

January 20, 2004 receipt of return of files from Appellate Division, 2nd Department Justice Cozier

Commission on Public Confidence in Judicial Elections

Chair, Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline

The Commission's Fraudulent September 24, 2015 Final Report

2015 FOIL/Records Request: CJA's July 10, 2015 letter to OCA Records Access Officer: "Records Request: Committee to Review the Procedures of the Committtees on Character and Fitness and the Grievance Committees of the Appellate Division, Second Department, Etc."

Final Report of the Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections: February 6, 2006

Government Law Center: “ New York's preeminent legal and policy research center”: “The oldest government law center in the United States, the GLC serves as a bridge between government and academia, providing diverse services to government leaders, public officials, students and the community.”; Pat Salkin, Director

New York University: first law school in NYC; “a Private University in the Public Service”

Office of the Dean
Syracuse University College of Law
Suite 440
Syracuse, NY 13244-1030
Phone: (315) 443-2524; Fax: (315) 443-4213

Matthew Diller, Dean and Professor of Law
phone: 212-790-0310
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1009
New York, NY 10003
(212) 790-0200

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