EMPIRE CENTER FOR NEW YORK STATE POLICY  (Manhattan Institute-Albany)           E,J. McMahon, Founder & Senior Fellow E.J. McMahon, Founder/Senior Fellow Center for State & Local Leadership-Manhattan Institute   E. J. McMahon "Breaking the Budget in New York State"  (October 19, 2005)   "New York's Exploding Pension Costs" (2010)                         2012   cc:  CJA's July 9, 2012 letter -- "RE:  Actualizing the Name, Purpose, and Methodology of the Citizens’ Committee for an Effective Constitution"        transmitting e-mail             (1) CJA’s July 19, 2011 letter to Attorney General Schneiderman,               analyzing Court of Appeals’ February 23, 2010 decision in judges’ judicial pay raise lawsuits         (2) Executive Summary to CJA’s October 27, 2011 Opposition Report         (3) Press Release of CJA’s March 30, 2012 lawsuit         (4)  Elena Sassower's September 9, 1997 letter to B. Thomas Golisano,              with attached transcript excerpt                       CJA's July 24, 2012 e-mail -- "Building Scholarship on NYS Constitutional Issues & Governance -- beginning with CJA's Public Interest Lawsuit vs NYS' Highest Constitutional Officers & 3 Government Branches"       CJA's August 21, 2012 e-mail to E.J. McMahon -- "Countdown to the 2012 Primary & General Elections -- Safeguarding our Democracy by DOING WHAT YOU DO BEST!"   CJA's August 21, 2012 e-mail -- "Countdown to the 2012 Primary & General Elections -- and to the 2017 Ballot Question Whether There Should Be a NYS Constitutional Convention"   CJA's September 6, 2012 e-mail -- "The Unconstitutionality of NYS' Legislative Rules, as Written & as Applied"   CJA's September 7, 2012 e-mail -- "Reforming NYS Government NOW:  The Unconstitutionality of NYS' Legislative Rules, as Written & as Applied"

CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail -- "Lawsuit challenge to the constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' -- including 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"       Empire Center for Public Policy website

March 28, 2016 e-mail from E.J. McMahon

CJA's March 31, 2016 e-mail -- "Why are the 'good government' groups & scholars of the constitution and public fisc not educating the media about what the NYS Constitution has to say about the NYS budget?"

CJA's April 26, 2016 e-mail -- "Thank you, Dean Lane!  May you lead the way to building scholarship & informed discussion...the state budget"
           

CJA's April 29, 2016 e-mail -- "Thank you, Fritz Schwarz!  Building on the Brennan Center's 2004 report by your March 23, 2016 testimony & CJA's March 23, 2016 second supplemental complaint"          -- click here for Legislative Rules Reform Resource Page

CJA's May 3, 2016 e-mail-- "Thank you, Assemblyman Steck!  Follow-up to your March 23, 2016 testimony before the Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation"  

2017

CJA's April 18, 2017 e-mail to Empire Center for Public Policy --
"OPPORTUNITY/OBLIGATION -- citizen-taxpayer action: March 29, 2017 OSC for declaration of unconstitutionality & unlawfulness of NYS budget -- returnable April 28, 2017"

October 24, 2017 e-mail from Empire Center

cc: CJA's October 24, 2017 e-mail -- "Message for Help, via Gov't Justice Center website -- CJA's citizen-taxpayer action challenging the legislative, judiciary, and executive budgets -- plus closed-door party conferences & '3-men-in-a-room' budget deal-making"

2018

CJA's January 25, 2018 e-mail to E.J. McMahon --
"Alerting Conservative & Republican Party Members -- & the Mercers -- of how EASY it is to achieve Conservative and Republican WINS for Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller & Legislative Seats --
NO MONEY NEEDED!

            CUOMO:   http://www.judgewatch.org/web-pages/elections/2018/cuomo.htm

            SCHNEIDERMAN: http://www.judgewatch.org/web-pages/elections/2018/schneiderman.htm

click here for:
CJA's August 10, 2017 OPEN LETTER

click here for:  
"FAKE NEWS" --
& THE 2017 ELECTION OF STATE SENATOR GEORGE LATIMER
AS WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE

click here for:
CJA's March 29, 2017 verified supplemental complaint
 in citizen-taxpayer action

CJA's February 14, 2018 e-mail to E.J. McMahon & Brandon Muir 

cc:  CJA's February 16, 2018 e-mail --
Reclaim NY's RECLAIMER: 'WNYC Attacks on Reclaim New York Only Shows Mission to Empower New Yorkers is More Important Than Ever"

cc:  CJA's February 21, 2018 e-mail

CJA's August 13, 2018 letter --
"Achieving Our Shared Goal of an Accountable & Transparent State Budget Process & Budget: Request for Amicus Curiae Participation & Other Assistance in the Appeal..."  transmitting e-mail    

August 21, 2018 e-mail from Executive Director Tim Hoefer

December 8, 2018
"Highest legislative pay ever"
Empire Center blog (Ken Girardin)

2019

CJA's April 23, 2019 e-mail --
"REQUEST FOR AMICUS CURIAE SUPPORT & OTHER ASSISTANCE:
CJA's Citizen-Taxpayer Action, NOW AT THE COURT OF APPEALS, on an appeal of right on the issues of constitutional construction directly involved"

CJA's April 23, 2019 e-mail --
"CJA's WEBSITE & WEBPAGES NOW OPERATIONAL -- REQUEST FOR AMICUS CURIAE SUPPORT & OTHER ASSISTANCE..."

Empire Center's April 25, 2019 release -- "Empire Center Introduces Gov. Hugh L. Carey Policy Forum"

CJA's April 25, 2019 e-mail -- "Request for Invitation to the May 30, 2019 Gov. Hugh L. Carey Policy Forum 'New York's Budget Process: Time for a Rebalance?"

CJA's May 23, 2019 e-mail -- "AGAIN: Request for Invitation to the May 30, 2019 Gov. Hugh L. Carey Policy Forum 'New York's Budget Process: Time for a Rebalance?"

August 27, 2019
"Judge Rules that public has right to NYPD pension information"
Daily News (Bernadette Hogan, Bruce Golding)