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2017 SENATE Rules Reform
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE
(9 members -- Senate Rule VIII,
§1
-- amended)
Chair:
Elaine Phillips
-- an added $12,500
Ranking Member:
Michael
Gianaris, ESQ. -- an added
$9,000
Members:
David Carlucci,
Thomas Croci,
ESQ., Andrew
Lanza, ESQ.,
Roxanne
Persaud,
Gustavo Rivera,
Diane Savino,
David Valesky
1.
CJA's February 23, 2017
Letter to Senate Ethics & Internal Governance Committee -- & FOIL/records request
& misconduct/fraud complaint
"FIRST TEST of the Senate's Ethics and Internal Governance
Committee:
Senate Rules for 2017-2018"
2.
CJA's February 28, 2017 FOIL/Records Request
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"The meaning, in
dollars, of Senate Rule X, §8 'Staffing'"
Senate's March 7, 2017 response --
referred-to link
4/1/16-9/30/16 -- expenditure reports
10/1/15-3/31/16 -- expenditure reports
CJA's March 14, 2017 clarification request
3.
CJA's March 1, 2017 FOIL/Records Request
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"Annually published 'guidelines' required
by Senate Rule VII, §1
pertaining to referral of bills to
'appropriate standing committee[s]'"
Senate's March 8, 2017 response
4.
CJA's March 2, 2017 FOIL/Records Request --
"The meaning, in dollars of Senate Rule
X, §11 'Allocation for Community Projects” – & where such
appropriations appear in the budgets for fiscal years 2013-2014;
2014-2015; 2015-2016; and 2017-2018”
Senate's March 9, 2017 response
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CJA's Rule Reform webpages
2017 -- what's
happening with rules reform?
Rules Reform
Resource Page --
including 2004, 2006, 2008 Brennan Center Reports
Senate Rules
Reform Resource Page --
including transcripts, videos, &
reports of
the 2009 Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform
Assembly
Rules Reform Resource Page
Championing appropriate rules &
leadership
for the New York State Legislature
The People Lead -- Securing Passage of The Public Trust Act
& a Properly-Functioning Legislature
click here for:
2017 Legislative Session
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“'I quickly found out, once I became chair of the ethics committee of the
Senate,' Avella testified at Skelos’ trial, 'that no bills had ever been
referred to that committee and no bills had ever been voted out of that
committee.'", "An
Inside Look at How the Skelos Trial Exposed Slimy Side of NY Politics",
Long Island Press (Timothy Bolger)
2018
"Klein
accusation provides even more reason for Albany reform"
Newsday (editorial)
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