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1998 NOMINATION OF ALBERT ROSENBLATT
BY THE NYS COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL NOMINATION  --



            [SEE: Judicial Selection - NY - "Merit Selection" to the NY Court of Appeals: Rosenblatt]

CJA's October 5, 1998 letter to NYS Commission on Judicial Nomination  ATT: Stuart Summit/Counsel -- "Media-reported candidacies of Justice Thomas E. Mercure, Justice D. Bruce Crew III, and Justice Albert M. Rosenblatt for the New York Court of Appeals"
   (indicated copy to Commission on Judicial Conduct)
    
Ex. A: NYLJ items, 9/15/98, 9/21/98
      Ex. B: portions of Commission on Judicial Nomination's brochure & blank questionnaire
      Ex. C: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 op-ed page ad, NYT, 10/26/94
      Ex. D: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
      Ex. E-1: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
      Ex. E-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
      Ex. F: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's letter to editor, NYT, 11/16/96


-- transmitting a copy of CJA's October 6, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint against Appellate Division, 2nd Dept Justice Albert Rosenblatt & his co-defendant Appellate Division, 2nd Dept justices in the federal action, Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al 

CJA's November 3, 1998 fax to Stuart Summit

cc:  CJA's November 18, 1998 letter to Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  
(also indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, A.G.-Elect Spitzer, Commission on Judicial Conduct, NYS Bar Association, NY Women's Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Ethics Commission, NYT, NYLJ)

November 25, 1998 letter from Stuart Summit

CJA's December 1, 1998 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination -- ATT: Stuart Summit -- "Keeping the Record Straight"

CJA's February 5, 1999 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination -- ATT: Stuart Summit -- "The Public's Access Rights under Judiciary Law Sec. 63.3"
    (indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lack, A.G. Spitzer, NYS Ethics Commission, NY media)
     
Ex. A-1:  Summit's November 25, 1998 letter
       Ex. A-2:  CJA's December 1, 1998 letter
       Ex. B:  CJA's December 16, 1998 letter to David Gruenberg, Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
       Ex. C: CJA's letter to the editor, "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals", NY Post, 12/28/98
       Ex. D:  CJA's January 13, 1999 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee


February 24, 1999 letter from Stuart Summit

CJA's March 8, 1999 letter to Robert Freeman, Executive Director/NYS Committee on Open Government --
"NYS COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL NOMINATION: NYS Constitution, Article VI, 2c-f; Judiciary Law, Article 3A; 22 NYCRR 7100.1 et seq."

CJA's March 12, 1999 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination -- ATT: Stuart Summit --
"The Public's Access Rights under Judiciary Law 63.3 and under Article 6 of the Public Officer's Law: The Freedom of Information Law (F.O.I.L.)
   (indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lack, A.G. Spitzer, NYS Ethics Commission, Committee on Open Government, NY media)

cc:  
CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint against NYS Commission on Judicial Nomination, filed with NYS Ethics Commission 
 
  (indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, A.G. Spitzer, Commission on Judicial Nomination, Commission on Judicial Conduct)
     Ex. A:  Public Officers Law
         Ex. B:  Transcript, January 27, 1999, Eliot Spitzer, event sponsored by NYLJ & City Bar
         Ex. C:  "Spitzer Claims Victory: And Now, the Litigation", NYLJ, 11/20/98
         Ex. D: "Republicans Get a Pass From Spitzer -- for Now", NY Observer, 2/8/99
         
Ex. E:  "FREE-FOR-ALL: A special report: ALBANY IS FAILING IN EFFORT TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN
                     DONORS, NYT, 12/28/98


  
    
 [SEE: Correspondence-NYS Ethics Commission]

 

 

April 26, 1999 letter from Robert Freeman, Executive Director/NYS Committee on Open Government    

CJA's May 3, 1999 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination: ATT: Stuart Summit
-- "Compliance with Article 6 of the Public Officer's Law: The Freedom of Information Law (F.O.I.L)
   (indicated copies to Committee on Open Gov't, NYS Ethics Commission)

CJA's May 3, 1999 letter to Robert Freeman, Executive Director/Committee on Open Government

                      

 

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CJA's January 5, 2004 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination - ATT: Stuart Summit --
"NYS Commission on Judicial Nomination's Threshold Obligations under the Freedom of Information Law (F.O.I.L.), Etc."
   (indicated copy to Committee on Open Government)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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