GOTHAM GAZETTE
Paper Trail of Suppression, Protectionism,
Blackballing, & Election-Rigging

2011

CJA's June 13, 2011 e-mail to Ken Lovett, Bill Hammond, Glenn Blain --
"NY's Commission on Judicial Confirmation: NOT OPERATIONAL OR ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC on day 73 of its maximum 150-day statutorily-limited existence"  
              (enclosing CJA's 6-10-11 FOIL request to OCA -- "RE: Request for Records of Judicial Resignations Based on Insufficient Compensation")

        (1) Wall Street Journal:  Jacob Gershman
        (2) Associated Press:  Michael Virtanen, Michael Gormley
        (3) Albany Times Union:  Casey Seiler, Jimmy Vielkind, Jim Odato, Rick Karlin
        (4) New York Post:  Fredric Dicker, Brendan Scott
        (5) Newsday: Yancey Roy
        (6) Capital Tonight - YNN TV:  Elizabeth Benjamin
        (7) Syracuse Post Standard: Teri Weaver
        (8) Buffalo News: Tom Precious
        (9)
        (10) NYS Public Radio Network: Karen DeWitt
        (11) NYSNYS News/NYSNYS.COM:  Kyle Hughes
        (12) Gannett News Service:  Joe Spector, Cara Matthews, Jonathan Campbell
        (13) Business Review:  Adam Sichko
        (14) Cuyler News Service: Betty Flood, Janet Sanders, Amy Despirito
        (15) Empire State Report: Stephen Acunto, Jr.
        (16) New York Now: Matt Ryan
        (17) The Capitol: Andrew Hawkins
        (18) NY 1 News: Erin Billups
        (19) WGY 810: Chuck Custer
        (20) Syracuse Public Radio/TV:  Susan Arbetter

        click here for coverage by other press prior to CJA's June 13, 2011 letter

CJA's June 18, 2011 e-mail to press --
"'New York judges ask for 41-percent raise, retroactive pay' --UPDATE: NY's Judicial Compensation Commission"

CJA's June 24, 2011 e-mail to press --
"NY Judicial Compensation Commission: (1) Subject to Open Meetings Law & Executive Order #3, Requiring Public Access, Etc.; (2) Disqualifying Conflict of Interest of Chairman Thompson, Requiring His Resignation"  
           ATTACHING:  CJA's June 23, 2011 letter to Governor Cuomo's Appointees to the Judicial Compensation Commission -- "(1) Bringing Public Accessibility, Input, and Accountability to the Judicial Compensation Commission -- Facilitated by the Open Meetings Law & Executive Order #3; and  (2) Chairman Thompson's Disqualifying Conflict of Interest, Requiring his Resignation" -- June 23, 2011 transmittal letter to indicated recipients          

Committee on Open Government -- Open Meetings Law

Executive Order #3 "Promotion of Public Access to Government Decisionmaking" 

CJA's June 28, 2011 e-mail to press --
"Is NY's Judicial Compensation Commission Violating the Open Meetings Law & its Video Broadcast Obligations under Executive Order #3"

CJA's June 30, 2011 e-mail to press --
"AGAIN -- Is NY's Judicial Compensation Commission Violating the Open Meetings Law & its Video Broadcast Obligations under Executive Order #3"  

CJA's July 13, 2011 e-mail to the press --
"FOR PRESS FOLLOW-UP: Today's Gannett Article on Judicial Pay Raises"

SENT TO MEDIA:   CJA's August 8, 2011 letter to Commission --
"Threshold Issues Barring Commission Consideration of Pay Raises for Judges: (1) Chairman Thompson’s Disqualification for Interest, as to which there has been No Determination; (2) Systemic Corruption in New York’s Judiciary, Embracing the Commission on Judicial Conduct, as to which there has been No Determination; & (3) The Fraud & Lack of Evidence Put Forward by Advocates of Judicial Pay Raises.
         Enclosures:
            (1)  Transcription of CJA's July 20, 2011 testimony before the Commission
            (2)  "NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC", 1989 Report of NYS Comptroller
                   Regan  -- with his press release,
                             "COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT NEEDS OVERSIGHT" 
            (3) Transcription of CJA's questions at the Dec. 11, 2002 forum on the
                 Commission on Judicial Conduct, co-sponsored by NYS Bar Association
               & Fund for Modern Courts

CJA's November 14, 2011 e-mail to press -- "
Invitation: Today's Gotham Gazette: 'Who Judges the Judges?'"

2012

CJA's April 1, 2012 press release, sent to Legislative Correspondents
"NEWS FLASH: THE PEOPLE FIGHT BACK! Lawsuit to Stop the Judicial Pay Raises that Go Into Effect Today, April 1st"

April 5, 2012 press release, sent to Legislative Correspondents
"The People Fight Back!  Groundbreaking Lawsuit...to Stop NY Judicial Pay Raises -- & Secure Judicial Accountability"

 

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