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Menu: 2018
Legislative Session
Legislative Rules Reform
Resource Page (Backstory to How the Legislature Operates)
CJA's
FOIL Requests -- 2018
THE STATE BUDGET FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019
[budget
resource page -- constitutional, statutory, rule provisions &
caselaw]
VIDEOS of CJA's testimony at previous legislative
budget hearings
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February 6, 2013 budget hearing on “public protection”
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January 30, 2017 budget hearing on “local government
officials/general government”
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January 31, 2017 budget hearing on “public protection”
1.
CJA's Testimony at
Legislature's
January 30, 2018 budget hearing on "Public Protection"
2.
CJA's Testimony
at the Westchester Assembly Delegation's
February 2, 2018 forum on the state budget
3.
CJA's Testimony
at the Legislature's
February 5, 2018 budget hearing on "Local Government
Officials/General Government"
4.
CJA's March 6, 2018
corruption complaint
to Albany District
Attorney Soares --
Enforcement of "The Public Trust Act"
--
Penal Law
§496
('corrupting the government')"
5.
...And the Legislature "Does Its Own Thing",
Constitution be Damned,
Likewise Statutory Law & the
Legislature's Own Rules
6.
The Unconstitutional,
Fraudulent Enactment of Part HHH
of Revenue Budget Bill #S.7509-C/A.9509-C "There is hereby
established a compensation committee..."
7.
Electioneering on the Budget
8.
"This definitive moment": Senator Simcha Felder,
Legislative Rules Reform, & the Budget
9.
Shelley Mayer's "Unfinished Business" as chair of the
Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis, & Investigation
-- & Responsibility of successor chair Edward Braunstein
10.
Picking an Interim Attorney
General Who Won't
Indict Them All --
The Legislature's Rigged,
Deal-Making Appointment "Process"
11.
2018 Elections
12.
Post-Election
"Ousted
from power; GOP senators compete for minority leader post"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
December 21, 2018 " Griffo
Rises to GOP Number Two in State Senate"
WCNY.com
13.
2018 Compensation Committee -- Unconstitutionality in Plain
Sight
14.
HYPOCRISY KNOWS NO BOUNDS
April 30, 2018 -- Senator Krueger Resolution: #8309
Senate website
Assembly website
Assembly #10651
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CJA's March 30, 2018 e-mail to Assemblywoman Fahy
CJA's 2018 FOIL Requests
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"Appropriate"
Legislative Committees --
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
(23 members -- Senate Rule
VIII,
§1)
Chair:
John Bonacic,
ESQ.
-- an added $18,000 Ranking
Member:
Brad Hoylman,
ESQ.
-- an added $11,000
Members:
George Amedore, Jr.,
Tony Avella,
Jamaal
Bailey, ESQ.,
Phil Boyle,
ESQ.,
Neil
Breslin, ESQ.,
Thomas Croci,
ESQ.,
Martin Malave
Dilan,
Jesse
Hamilton, ESQ., Kemp Hannon,
ESQ.,
Chris
Jacobs, ESQ.,
Todd
Kaminsky, ESQ., Brian Kavanagh,
Andrew
Lanza, ESQ., Velmanette Montgomery,
Kenneth Lavalle,
ESQ.,
Thomas O'Mara,
ESQ.,
Elaine
Phillips,
Michael Ranzenhofer,
ESQ.,
Diane Savino,
Sue Serino,
Toby Ann
Stavisky
ANNUAL REPORTS:
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
(21 members -- Assembly Rule IV,
§1a)
Chair:
Jeffrey Dinowitz,
ESQ.
-- an added $18,000 Ranking Member:
Anthony
Palumbo
-- an added $11,000
Members:Thomas Abinant,
ESQ.,
William Barclay,
ESQ.,
Edward Braunstein,
ESQ.,
David Buchwald,
ESQ.,
Andy Goodell,
ESQ., ,
Latoya Joyner,
ESQ.,
Charles Lavine,
ESQ., ,
Michael Montesano,
ESQ., Dan Quart,
ESQ.,
Rebecca Seawright,
ESQ.,
Jo Anne Simon,
ESQ.,
Aravella Simotas,
ESQ.,
Phil Steck, ESQ.,
Matthew Titone,
ESQ.,
Michele Titus,
ESQ.,
David Weprin,
ESQ.,
Kenneth Zebrowski,
ESQ.
ANNUAL REPORTS:
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
(37 members -- Senate Rule VIII,
§1)
Chair:
Catharine Young
-- an added $34,000 Vice-Chair:
Diane Savino
Ranking Member: Liz Krueger
-- an added $20,500
Members:
Tony Avella,
Jamaal Bailey, ESQ.,
Brian Benjamin,
John Bonacic,
ESQ.,
Phil
Boyle, ESQ., Neil Breslin,
ESQ.,
David Carlucci,
Ruben Diaz,
Leroy
Comrie,
Martin Malave Dilan,
Simcha
Felder,
Patrick Gallivan,
Martin Golden,
Joseph
Griffo, Kemp Hannon,
ESQ.,
Todd
Kaminsky, ESQ.,
Timothy Kennedy,
Andrew Lanza,
ESQ.,
William Larken,
Kenneth LaValle,
ESQ.,
Betty Little,
Carl
Marcellino, ESQ.,
Kathleen Marchione,
Velmanette
Montgomery,
Thomas O'Mara,
ESQ.,
Kevin Parker,
Jose
Peralta,
Roxanne Persaud,
Michael Ranzenhofer,
ESQ.,
Patty Richie,
Gustavo
Rivera,
Joseph Robach,
James Seward,
Toby Ann Stavisky,
David Valesky
WHITE BOOK (Majority):
2016
2014
BLUE BOOK (Minority):
2016
2015
ASSEMBLY WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
(35 members -- Assembly Rule IV,
§1a)
Chair:
Helene Weinstein, ESQ.--
an added $34,000
Ranking Member:
Bob Oaks --
an added $20,500
Members:
Jeffrion Aubrey,
William Barclay, ESQ.,
Michael Benedetto,
Edward Braunstein, ESQ.,
Kevin
Cahill, ESQ.,
William Colton, ESQ.,
Vivian Cook,
Clifford Crouch,
Brian Curran, ESQ.,
Michael Cusick,
Michael Fitzpatrick,
David Gantt,
Deborah Glick,
Stephen Hawley,
Earlene Hooper,
Joseph Lentol, ESQ.,
Nicole Malliotakis,John
McDonald, III,
Michael Montesano, ESQ.,
Catherine
Nolan,
Felix Ortiz,
Crystal Peoples-Stokes,
N. Nick Perry,
J. Gary Pretlow, Edward Ra,
Phil Ramos,
Robert Rodriguez,
Nily Rozic,
Robin Schimminger, ESQ.,
Aravella
Simotas, ESQ.
Fred
Thiele, Jr., ESQ.,
Raymond Walter, ESQ., ,
David Weprin, ESQ.
YELLOW BOOK (Majority):
2016
2015
2014 GREEN BOOK (Minority): 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
OPERATIONS
(14 members -- Assembly Rule IV,
§1a)
Chair:
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
-- an added $12,500
Ranking Member:
Mark Johns
-- an added $9,000
Members:
Rodneyse Bichotte,
Michael Blake,
David Buchwald,
ESQ.,
Kevin Byrne,
Sandy Galef,
Deborah Glick,
Andy Goodell,
ESQ.,
Alicia Hyndman,
Ron Kim,
Kieran
Michael Lalor, ESQ.
ANNUAL REPORTS:
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
INVESTIGATIONS & GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
(9 members -- Senate Rule VIII, §1)
Chair:
Terrence Murphy --
an added $15,000 Ranking
Member: Brad Hoylman,
ESQ.
-- an added $9,500
Members: Brian
Benjamin,
David Carlucci,
Martin J. Golden,
Brian Kavanagh,
Andrew
Lanza, ESQ.,
Thomas O’Mara,
ESQ.,
Elaine
Phillips,
ANNUAL REPORTS:
2011
2012 2013
2014
2015 2016
2017
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT,
ANALYSIS & INVESTIGATION
(7 members -- Assembly Rule IV,
§1a)
Chair:
Shelley Mayer
-- an added $12,500 Ranking Member:
Joseph Errigo
-- an added $9,000
Members:
William Magnarelli,
ESQ.,
Michael Montesano,
ESQ.,
Fred Thiele, Jr.,
ESQ.
ANNUAL REPORTS:
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
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October 6, 2017 "Cuomo
budget letter again asks for no growth", Politico (Jimmy
Vielkind)
December 7, 2017 "Cuomo
warns state lawmakers: pass budget on time or no pay
raise" Daily News (Ken Lovett)
February 6, 2018 "Gov
Cuomo uses gimmicks to distort spending increases in budget,
says watchdog group" Daily News (Ken Lovett)
February 27, 2018 "Legislature
Faces Non-Fiscal Issues in the Budget" Spectrum
News (Nick Reisman)
March 1, 2018 "O'Mara,
Palmesano Face Yates County Legislators"
Chronicle-Express (Gwen Chamberlain)
March 29, 2018 "New
York State Budget Stalls Just Days Before Deadline"
WSKG (Karen DeWitt)
April 2018 "Policy
mixed in state budget creates concerns"
Utica Observer-Dispatch (S. Alexander
Gerould)
May 11, 2018 "NYS
Uncovered: The Fight to Control Authorities" News 10
May 27, 2018 "State
Legislature eyes ending a week early"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
July 30, 2018 "NY
Court System Spending Is Highest Per Capita in the Nation"
New York Law Journal (Michael Friedman)
December 21, 2018 "Flanagan
upstate loyalists with leadership posts"
Capitol Confidential (Rachel
Silberstein)
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