THE NEW YORK TIMES
Paper Trail of Suppression, Protectionism,
Blackballing, & Election-Rigging

1994

CJA's August 2, 1994 fax with proposed Letter to the Editor --
"judicial disclosure & disqualification -- and NY Attorney General Koppell
        SEE:  Correspondence - NYS Officials: A.G. Koppell   
        SEE:  Test Cases - Federal (Mangano)


CJA's September 10, 1994 letter to Ian Fisher
on Democratic primary for Attorney General
  -- enclosing CJA's September 9, 1994 letter to Gabe Pressman/NBC News Forum


CJA's September 25, 1994 proposed Letter to the Editor --

        "New York's Mystery General", NYT editorial, 9/17/94


CJA's September 26, 1994 fax to Letters Editor


CJA's September 29, 1994 letter to the Board of Editors --
"New York's Mystery General" & "No Way to Pick a Judge", NYT editorial, 9/27/94"
     -- enclosing
       (1) CJA's September 25, 1994 proposed Letter to the Editor; and
       (2) CJA's September 29, 1994 letter to Republican A.G. nominee Dennis Vacco, with CJA's August 4, 1994 letter to Democratic A.G. nominee Karen Burstein & her handwritten response


CJA's September 30, 1994 fax to Editorial Board -- Att: Howell Raines


CJA's October 3, 1994 fax to Joseph Fried


CJA's October 3, 1994 letter to Joseph Berger
   Ex A:  2nd Dept's June 14, 1991 interim suspension order of Doris Sassower's law license
   Ex B: 2nd Dept's September 16, 1994 interim suspension order in Matter of Maiolo 
   Ex C: 2nd Dept rules; Ct of Appeals' 1984 decision in Matter of Nuey
   Ex D: Court of Appeals 1992 decision in Matter of Russakoff
   Ex E: Doris Sassower's October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo with enclosures 
              (1) written 3-year judge-trading deal ;
              (2) Doris Sassower's ltr to the editor, "Cross-Endorsement: Questions of Protection", NYT, 6/9/91;
              (3) Doris Sassower's 10/22/71 column in NYLJ  "Judicial Selection Panels: An Exercise in Futility" 
              (4) Doris Sassower's 1989 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory listing
  Ex F: Judiciary Law 14 & Rules of Judicial Conduct
  Ex G: Doris Sassower's September 19, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint to the Commission on Judicial Conduct
  Ex H: "Judge's Ties to Jewish Leader Stir Debate in Crown Hts. Case", 9/20/94
  Ex I: "No Way to Pick a Judge", NYT editorial, 9/27/94; "New York's Mystery General", NYT editorial, 9/17/94
  Ex J: "A Meeting With Cuomo Brings Out the Critics", NYT, 12/11/93
  Ex K: CJA's September 25, 1994 proposed Letter to the Editor

CJA's October 5, 1994 fax with proposed Letter to the Editor --
"No Way to Pick a Judge" (9/27/94 editorial) and "New York's Mystery General" (9/17/94)


CJA's October 6, 1994 fax to Ian Fisher


CJA's October 8, 1994 letter to Jan Hoffman --
"Stories"

CJA's $16,770 ad, "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", NYT Op-Ed page, October 26, 1994


NYT's November 8, 1994 letter from Adam Liptak/Counsel -- copy to CJA


CJA's November 27, 1994 letter to Hilton Kramer, NY POST-"Times Watch"
(with copies to NYT Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and NYT Executive Editor Joseph Lelyveld, sent certified mail/rrr)
    Ex. A: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?",
                   CJA's $16,770 public interest ad, NYT Op-Ed page, 10/26/94
    Ex. B: illustrative NYT items "Woman Sues Town Over Slip on Dog Drool";
                   "Candidate Arrested in Prostitution Sweep"
    Ex. E-1: coverletters to NYT for October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
    Ex. E-2: Doris Sassower's October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo with enclosures 
              (1) written 3-year judge-trading deal ;
              (2) Doris Sassower's ltr to the editor,
                      "Cross-Endorsement: Questions of Protection", NYT, 6/9/91;
              (3) Doris Sassower's 10/22/71 column in NYLJ 
                      "Judicial Selection Panels: An Exercise in Futility" 
              (4) Doris Sassower's 1989 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory listing
    Ex. F-2:  "After the Primaries: New York's Mystery General", NYT editorial, 9/17/94
    Ex. I: CJA's Aug 2, 1994 proposed NYT letter to the editor, with fax coversheet
    Ex. J:  CJA's Sept 25, 1994 proposed NYT letter to the editor, with fax coversheet
    Ex. K: CJA's Oct 5, 1994 proposed NYT letter to the editor, with fax coversheet
    Ex. L: CJA's Sept 30, 1994 coversheet and hand-delivered 9/29/94 ltr to NYT editorial board, enclosing
           (1) CJA's Sept 29, 1994 ltr to AG candidate Dennis Vacco;
           (2) "4 in Attorney General Race Trade Attacks in TV Debate", NYT (Ian Fisher 9/12/94)
           (3) CJA's August 4, 1994 ltr to Karen Burstein & her response;
           (4) judicial disqualification statute & rules of judicial conduct
    Ex. M: "Some Light Sparring for 4 Attorney General Candidates", NYT (Ian Fisher, 9/10/94)
               Sept 10, 1994 letter to Fisher and Oct 6, 1994 fax to Fisher 
    Ex. N: CJA's Oct 3, 1994 fax to Joseph Fried, enclosing CJA's Sept 14, 1994 complaint
               to NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
    Ex. O: CJA's Oct 3, 1994 letter to Joseph Berger/Westchester Bureau Chief/NYT
    Ex. P:  CJA's Oct 4, 1994 letter to NYT reporter Jan Hoffman
    Ex. Q: "Running on Empty: Where Did All the Issues Go?", NYT, 10/23/94, Week in Review
    Ex. R: "The Way She Died", column, A.M. Rosenthal, NYT, 3/15/94
    Ex. S:  Oct 23, 1991 faxes to Jonathan Landman, with press release & Oct 29, 1991 fax
              to Dorothy Samuels, enclosing statewide alert of NY League of Women Voters 


CJA's December 7, 1994 letter to Susan Edgerley, Assistant Metro Editor