THE CITY
"high-quality and high-impact accountability reporting"
"holding the city's leaders and institutions to account
where they are failing to deliver"

CASE STUDY #1: September 2020

A.
CJA's September 7, 2020 e-mail City Editors & reporters,
tips, info -- & here
"TIP -- TIME-SENSITIVE LEAD -- Election Issue #1: What salary is to be paid the winners of NYC's 92 state legislative races?  Is it $110,000 – or $79,500?  The answer upends all the legislative races -- & that's for starters"


B.
CJA's Sept. 8, 2020 e-mail to above City roster, including Velasquez --
"ELECTION ISSUE #1: What salary is to be paid the winners of NYC's 92 state legislative races?  Is it $110,000 – or $79,500? The answer upends all the legislative races -- & that's for starters"

C.
CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to Hester, Katz, Gittens, Velasquez, Parris, tips, info --
"Manhattan Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Manhattan's 18 state legislators -- ALL running for re-election -- which Manhattan D.A. Vance is 'sitting on'"


CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to Hester, Katz, Gittens, Velasquez, Parris, tips, info --
"Bronx Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Bronx's 16 state legislators -- 11 running for re-election -- which Bronx D.A. Clark is 'sitting on'"


CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to Hester, Katz, Gittens, Velasquez, Parris, tips, info --
"Brooklyn Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Brooklyn's  27 state legislators -- 24 running for re-election -- which Brooklyn D.A. Gonzalez is 'sitting on'"


CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to Hester, Katz, Gittens, Velasquez, Parris, tips, info --
"Queens Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Queens' 25 state legislators -- 21 running for re-election -- which Queens D.A. Katz is 'sitting on'"


CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to Hester, Katz, Gittens, Velasquez, Parris, tips, info --
"Staten Island Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Staten Island's 6 state legislators -- all running for re-election or higher officer -- which Staten Island D.A. McMahon is 'sitting on'"

D.
CJA's October 4, 2020 e-mail to LCA roster, including Velasquez --
"ELECTION ALERT:  NYS' 15 D.A. races -- & the rigging of the 213 races for state Senate & Assembly seats" 

CJA's October 5, 2020 e-mail to LCA roster, including Velasquez --
"GUIDE TO NYS' 15 D.A. RACES -- & the unfitness of ALL 15 D.A. incumbents & the few candidates running to succeed them"

CJA's October 20, 2020 e-mail to LCA roster, including Velasquez --
"Your Election Reporting of NYS' 213 Senate & Assembly Races --
analysis of Bruce Gyory's 'New York State Senate Races Worth Watching' (10/18/20 Empire Report)"

CJA's October 20, 2020 e-mail to 27 members of City roster, including Velasquez --
"Your Election Reporting of NYS' 213 Senate & Assembly Races --
analysis of Bruce Gyory's 'New York State Senate Races Worth Watching' (10/18/20 Empire Report)"

CASE STUDY #2 -- June 2022

February 2021
"The City's Civic Newsroom Will Use Virtual Meetings, Newsletters,
and Stories to Help Inform NYC Voters"

March 30, 2021
"THE CITY Helps You Navigate the 2021 Elections"

May 19, 2021
"The Comptroller and Public Advocates Races: What You Need to Know"
(Rachel Holliday Smith)

June 9, 2021
"Manhattan D.A. Candidates Reform Talk Rattles Veteran Prosecutors"
(Rachel Holliday Smith)

June 14, 2021
"Manhattan D.A. Candidate Farhadian Weinstein Blitzes Airwaves
Using Her Own Millions"
(Rachel Holliday Smith, & Josefa Velasquez)

CJA's June 15, 2021 e-mail to 28 City e-mail addresses,
including Hester, Katz, Velasquez --
"Behind the Scenes: Testing the fitness of the Manhattan D.A. candidates, with EVIDENCE -- public corruption & the grand jury responsibilities of the D.A.'s office"

CASE STUDY #3 -- March 2022

CJA's March 26, 2022 e-mail to LCA reporters, including Velasquez --
"NYS BUDGET: Challenge to the constitutionality & lawfulness of the FY2022-23 NYS budget, the fraud of 'ethics reform' -- & the 2022 elections"

CJA's March 27, 2022 e-mail to City editors & reporters,
including Velasquez --
"NYS BUDGET: Challenge to the constitutionality & lawfulness of the FY2022-23 NYS budget, the fraud of 'ethics reform' -- & the 2022 elections"


cc: Velasquez -- CJA's March 31, 2022 e-mail --
"Your tomorrow's taping of New York NOW: 'Final Days of Budget Talks, Lawmakers Scramble, Path to Ethics Reform', your live blog on the NYS budget -- & your other public-supported journalism"

VIDEO of NY NOW with Velasquez

March 31, 2022
"State Budget Negotiations Stall,
with Proposed Bail and Trial Changes Still Unresolved"
The City (George Joseph, Josefa Velasquez)

April 7, 2022
"What's In Kathy Hochul's $220 Billion Budget Deal?"
The City (Josefa Velasquez, Jessica Washington)

 

 

CASE STUDY #4 -- October 15, 2022

December 13, 2021
"Who's Running for Attorney General in New York? 
Letitia James Disrupts a Crowded Field"
Rachel Holliday Smith

CJA's October 15, 2022 e-mail to The City
"The City's reporting of the 2022 electoral races for governor, attorney general, comptroller, & state legislators (90+ from NYC) -- & the corruption-eradicating lawsuit CJA v. JCOPE, et al (Albany Co. #904235-22)"

CASE STUDY #5 -- February-March 2023

A.
CJA's February 5, 2023 e-mail to LCA --
"Prepping for the Legislature's Budget Hearings -- & 'Blowing the Whistle' on the Legislature's OWN budget"

CJA's February 5, 2023 e-mail to The City

 

B.
CJA's February 26, 2023 e-mail to LCA --
"The Legislature's OWN Budget &
38 Questions for Stewart-Cousins & Heastie about it & about
Gov Hochul's Legislative/Judiciary Appropriation Bill #S.4001/A.3001 expanding it"

CJA's February 26, 2023 e-mail to The City

C.
CJA's March 2, 2023 e-mail to LCA --
"Gov Hochul's 30-Day Amendments, Due Tomorrow --
Returning the Budget to its Constitutional Rails & Removing its Larcenies
& Non-Fiscal, Non-Revenue-Producing Policy"

CJA's March 2, 2023 e-mail to The City

March 30, 2023
"What's At Stake in the New York State Budget: A Quick Guide"
The City (Gabriel Poblete)

March 31, 2023
"Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks"
The City (Reuven Blau)

April 12, 2023
"LISTEN: Budget Breakdown: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems"

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CASE STUDY #6 -- June 2023

CJA's June 18, 2023 e-mail to The City --
"Complaint vs The City to INN for Violations of INN Membership Standards,
the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists, 501(c)(3) Proscriptions on Partisanship, & for Fraud -- PLUS, request for reporting on NYC D.A. & Council Incumbents" 

 

CASE STUDY #7 -- June 2023 

CJA's June 18, 2023 e-mail to The City --
"Investigative Reporting Required: NYC's Re-Election-Seeking D.A. and City Council Incumbents"

CJA's June 21, 2023 e-mail to The City --
"2023 NYC ELECTIONS -- INFORMING THE VOTERS: 3 District Attorneys, 51 City Council Members -- & the record of their 'wilful misconduct in office' with respect to their public integrity/anti-corruption duties, precluding re-election & mandating indictments"

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