File Folders of Documentary Substantiation,
Filed in Support of Petitioner's July 28, 1999 Omnibus Motion for the Attorney General's Disqualification

File Folder I: 

Case File of Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York, Index #95-109141, hand-delivered to the law office of Attorney General-Elect Spitzer on December 24, 1998, in substantiation of CJA's letter to him of that date to rescind his appointments of Richard Rifkin to be Deputy Attorney General for State Counsel and Michele Hirshman to be First Attorney General

SASSOWER'S NOTICE OF RIGHT TO SEEK INTERVENTION, NOTICE OF PETITION, & VERIFIED PETITION, April 10, 1995

           Exhibit A: October 26, 1994 ad-complaint, "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?"

        Exhibit B-1: Martindale-Hubbell law listing, 1989
        Exhibit B-2: Elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 1989
        Exhibit C: October 5, 1989 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit D: October 24, 1991judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit E: January 2, 1992 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit F: December 4, 1992 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit G:  September 19, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit H: October 5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit I: October 26, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit J: December 5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
        Exhibit K: Commission acknowledgment letters
        Exhibit L: Commission dismissal letters
        Exhibit M: January 22, 1993 letter to Commission
        Exhibit N:  May 20, 1986 judicial misconduct complaint


SASSOWER'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR STAY WITH TRO, May 11, 1995

    -- Doris Sassower's moving affidavit
    -- proposed default judgment
     Exhibit A:  Supreme Court/NY Co. May 4, 1994 memorandum to all parties
     Exhibit B: Doris Sassower's May 9, 1995 letter to Administrative Judge Ostrow

ATTORNEY GENERAL VACCO'S AFFIRMATION IN OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, May 22, 1995

ATTORNEY GENERAL VACCO'S MOTION TO DISMISS, May 30, 1995

SASSOWER'S AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION TO DISMISSAL MOTION AND IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF VERIFIED PETITION,  MOTION FOR INJUNCTION, DEFAULT & FOR SANCTIONS, June 8, 1995
    Exhibit O: transcript of May 11, 1995 proceedings
    Exhibit P: transcript of May 23, 1995 proceedings
    Exhibit Q: Commission graph of complaints & investigations
    Exhibit R: Affidavit of George Alessio, Esq.
            Ex. A:  George Alessio's November 11, 1993 judicial misconduct complaint
            Ex B: Report of Onondaga County Grand Jury
            Ex C: Commission's June 21, 1994 dismissal letter
            Ex D: George Alessio's June 27, 1994 letter to the Commission
            Ex E: Commission's July 15, 1994 response
   Exhibit S: Affidavit of Dr. Moses Weinstein
   Exhibit T: Doris Sassower's May 9, 1995 letter to Administrative Judge Ostrowe
   Exhibit U: Doris Sassower's May 15, 1995 letter to Assistant Attorney General Williams
   Exhibit V: Doris Sassower's May 22, 1995 letter to Assistant Attorney General Williams

SASSOWER'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DISMISSAL MOTION AND IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF VERIFIED PETITION, MOTION FOR INJUNCTION, AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT, FOR SANCTIONS & OTHER RELIEF, June 8, 1995
    Exhibit 1: Judiciary Law, Article 2A (1978)
    Exhibit 2: NYS Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 22
    Exhibit 3: Judiciary Law, Article 2A (1974)
    Exhibit 4: Judiciary Law, Article 2A (1976)
    Exhibit 5: 1975 Constitutional Amendment

SASSOWER'S NOTICE TO FURNISH RECORD TO THE COURT, June 9, 1995

SASSOWER'S AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED INTERVENORS, June 9, 1995                                                      

Judge Herman Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision
 
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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 I:  Hirshman Documents

CJA's correspondence with and about Michele Hirshman, CHief of the Public Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, involving her 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 her appointment as First Deputy Attorney General

CJA's May 6, 1997 letter to Michele Hirshman, Chief/Public Corruption Unit -- "RE: Systemic Public Corruption in New York State, Unredressed by the State"
    enclosing CJA's August 1, 1995 letter to Deputy Chief/Criminal Division -- "RE: Abandonment of fundamental litigation and adjudicative standards in politically sensitive state court proceedings and complicity of state agencies and offices"
                      -- transmitting CJA's March 14, 1995 misconduct complaint to Brooklyn D.A. Hynes against the Chief of his Corruption Investigation Division
   & CJA's May 5, 1997 notice-challenge --RE: File of Article 78 proceeding, Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct, N.Y. Co. Clerk #95-109141"
     Ex. A-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
      Ex. A-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
      Ex. B: CJA's 3-page analysis of the fraudulent judicial decision in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission, with annexed law: 22 NYCRR 7000.1 et seq., Judiciary Law 44.1, NYS Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 22

May 19, 1997 letter from Michele Hirshman, Chief/Public Corruption Unit

June 27, 1997 letter from Michele Hirshman, Chief/Public Corruption Unit, returning [in uncreased, "untouched by human hands condition"] the materials transmitted by CJA under its August 1, 1995 letter, including the case file in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct

Doris Sassower's July 27, 1998 letter to Chief of the Public Integrity Section/Justice Department’s Criminal Division
   Exhibit A:  CJA's April 26, 1994 letter to Civil Rights Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
    Exhibit B: CJA's May 10, 1994 letter to Civil Rights Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
    Exhibit C:  CJA's May 23, 1994 letter to Civil Rights Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
    Exhibit D:  CJA's December 30, 1998 letter to Civil Rights Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.

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