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File Folder I:  Rifkin Documents

CJA's correspondence with and about Richard Rifkin, Executive Directdor of the New York State Ethics Commission, involving his official misconduct in that position, hand-delivered to the law office of Attorney General-Elect Spitzer in substantiaion of CJA's December 24, 1998 letter for the rescinding of his appointment as Deputy Attorney General for State Counsel

 

CJA's September 14, 1995 letter to Richard Rifkin, constituting a supplemental ethics complaint against Commission on Judicial Conduct, and, in substantiation, transmitting a copy of the case file of the prior Article 78 proceeding against the Commission on Judicial Conduct, Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co. #95-109141)

       Ex. C: law review article by Gerald Stern, pp. 303-305
          Ex. F: May 22, 1995 letter from Asst. A.G. to Judge Herman Cahn
          Ex. G: NYS Ethics Commission's bio of Richard Rifkin

Executive Director Richard Rifkin's October 3, 1995 letter

CJA's January 24, 1995 letter to Executive Director Richard Rifkin
      Ex. A:  May 10, 1994 letter from Ethics Commission's Communications Director
         Ex. B: Executive Law
         Ex. C: previously-faxed pages from 1994 Report of NYS Committee on Open Government
         Ex. D: cert petition in Article 78 proceeding Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al.
         Ex. E: service of complaint in federal action Doris L. Sassower v Mangano, et al, upon A.G.
         Ex. F: A.G.'s November 2, 1994 letter to Doris Sassower in Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al

Executive Director Richard Rifkin's February 29, 1996 letter

CJA's April 24, 1996 letter to Executive Director Richard Rifkin -- "RE: Our right to review by the Ethics Commissioners"
      Ex. A: Rifkin's February 29, 1996 letter
         Ex. B: CJA's May 9, 1995 fax to Rifkin
         Ex. C: Rifkin's April 19, 1994 letter
         Ex. D: CJA's May 17, 1994 letter to Jerry Koenig, Programs Analyst/Assembly Election Law Committee

May 28, 1996 letter from Ethics Commission Chairman Joseph Bress

CJA's  April 15, 1997 letter to Walter Ayres, Ethics Commission's Public Information Officer  enclosing:


CJA's April 11, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission member Reverend Robert E. Eggenschiller  &
CJA's April 15, 1997 letter to Gov. Pataki 

CJA's June 10, 1997 letter to Walter Ayres, Public Information Officer enclosing: CJA's June 9, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission members -- "RE: Agenda Item: Your Failure to Respond to CJA's April 11th Letter"
      Ex. A: Gov. Pataki's press release announcing Shechtman's appointment to Ethics Commission & NYLJ item, 5/1/97
       Ex. B:  CJA's June 11, 1996 letter to Senators
       Ex. C: CJA's May 5, 1997 notice-memo to Gov. Pataki, et al
       Ex. D: CJA's testimony at City Bar's May 14, 1997 public hearing on Commission on Judicial Conduct

CJA's December 16, 1997 letter to Ethics Commissioners, constituting a supplemental ethics complaint against the Attorney General, including against Attorney General Vacco, personally
     Ex. A:  CJA's June 10, 1997 & April 15, 1997 letters to Walter Ayres, Public Information Officer
       Ex. B:  CJA's December 15, 1997 letter to Paul Shechtman
       Ex. C: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom" and on the Public Payroll", CJA ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97

 

File Folder II

Documents presented to Attorney General Spitzer, in hand, on January 27, 1999, to substantiate CJA's letter to him of that date for an investigation of the fraudulent nomination and confirmation of Appellate Division, Second Department Justice Albert Rosenblatt to the NY Court of Appeals


1.   Documents substantiating CJA’s November 18, 1998 letter -- to which Attorney General Spitzer was an indicated recipient:

 CJA's three prior judicial misconduct complaints vs Appellate Division, 2nd Dept. Justice Albert Rosenblatt

CJA's September 19, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint

   Commission's September 28, 1994 letter acknowledging complaint

   Commission's December 13, 1994 letter dismissing complaint

CJA's October 26, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
                   
"Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?",
CJA's paid op-ed page ad, NYT, 10/26/94, filed with the Commission on that date.


    Commission's November 4, 1994 letter acknowledging complaint

    Commission's December 13, 1994 letter dismissing complaint

CJA's December 5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint

   Commission's December 14, 1994 letter acknowledging complaint

   Commission's January 24, 1995 letter dismissing complaint

Uncontroverted cert petition & supplemental brief in federal action Doris L. Sassower v. Guy Mangano, et al., filed with Commission on Judicial Conduct in substantiation of October 6, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint  [see (blue) Folder I]

Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, May 18, 1998 

Supplemental Brief, September 2, 1998

2.  Documents substantiating CJA's Letter to the Editor "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals" concerning the State Senate's fraudulent confirmation of Albert Rosenblatt to the Court of Appeals:

CJA's December 16, 1998 letter to David Gruenberg, Senior Counsel

Transcript of Senate proceedings, confirming Albert Rosenblatt to the Court of Appeals, December 17, 1998, 9:22 pm

CJA's January 13, 1999 letter too Susan Zimmer, Committee Clerk

 

File Folder III

 

 

CJA's 1999 FOIL Correspondence with Governor Pataki's Office

CJA's March 30, 1999 letter to Rosario Vizzie, Governor Pataki's Records Access Officer (Assistant Counsel) -- "RE: The Governor's Disclosure Obligations under the Freedom of Information Law"
  
Ex. A:  CJA's March 12, 1999 letter to the State Commission on Judicial Nomination
    Ex. B:  CJA's February 5, 1999 letter to the State Commission on Judicial Nomination
    Ex. C:  CJA's June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki


Assistant Counsel Vizzie's April 7, 1999 letter

Assistant Counsel Vizzie's May 6, 199
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