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FOIL -- COMPTROLLER

2014

1.
CJA's July 1, 2014 FOIL/records request to Comptroller --
"Records Pertaining to the Comptroller's Approvals of Contracts for Services by:
(1) Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Firedman, LLP; (2) Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; (3) Loeb & Loeb, LLP"

Comptroller's July 10, 2014 acknowledgment

Comptroller's July 24, 2014 response   ENCLOSURE


2.
CJA's July 1, 2014 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc
"Contract/Retainer for Legal Services of Michael Koenig, Esq.
as Counsel to the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption"

Comptroller: 
July 10, 2014 acknowledgment
July 14, 2014: "unable to locate any records"

Attorney General: 
July 9, 2014 acknowledgment
August 6, 2014 response 
 
pages 1-20:  "The Commission does not currently have in-house counsel
and must therefore retain the services of an outside law firm.";
see June 4, 2014 ltr of Commission Co-Chair Milton Williams, Jr.; Contract #C000438 (DOB & law firm) -- July 24, 2014; pages 21-26
 

Governor
July 9, 2014 acknowledgment
August 6, 2014 response

"the New York State Executive Chamber has conducted a diligent search
but does not possess records responsive to your request."


3.
CJA's December 17, 2014 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc.

Comptroller's December 23, 2014 response

enclosure -- AG's March 12, 2015 response with 1-page attachment


4.
CJA's December 17, 2014 FOIL to Comptroller -
-
"Records Pe
rtaining to the Comptroller's Approvals of Amendments & Contracts
for Services by: (1) Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Friedman LLP; (2) Kirkland & Ellis LLP;
(3) Loeb & Loeb LLP"

Comptroller's December 24, 2014 acknowledgment

Comptroller's January 23, 2015 response 
 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Friedman 
      spreadsheet   Kasowitz-1   Kasowitz-2
Kirkland & Ellis   

  Loeb & Loeb    

 

2016


CJA's September 1, 2016 FOIL/records Request to Comptroller, etc.
--
"Director of the Budget's certificate of approval of the Division of Criminal Justice Services'
budget for fiscal year 2016-2017, contained in Aid to Localities Budget Bill #S.6403-d/A.9003-d --
& any certification by the Division of Criminal Justice Services of its own budget"

COMPTROLLER
September 12, 2016 letter
October 11, 2016 letter of extension

SENATE
September 9, 2016 e-mail

ASSEMBLY
September 9, 2016 letter


DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
September 9, 2016 letter
October 7, 2016 extension letter
December 22, 2016 extension letter
November 10, 2017 response   enclosure #1   enclosure #2

DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES
September 7, 2016 e-mail acknowledgment
October 5, 2016 e-mail of extension

November 10, 2016 e-mail of extension
December 10, 2016 e-mail of extension
February 14, 2017 e-mail of extension
March 21, 2017 e-mail of extension
May 18, 2017 e-mail of extension
June 29, 2017 e-mail of extension
November 13, 2017 response

 

2018

1.
CJA's January 22, 2018 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"The Legislature's budget for fiscal year 2018-2019, its 'General State Charges', and its reappopriations popped into the back of the Governor's Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill #S.7501/A.9501"

FROM THE COMPTROLLER
January 29, 2018 acknowledgment
February 27, 2018 response

FROM THE SENATE   
January 29, 2018 response --
& referred-to link:
http://legislation.nysenate.gov/static/pdf/2017-S7501-A9501.pdf

 FROM THE ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2018 acknowledgment 
February 2, 2018 response --
& referred-to links: 
http://nyassembly.gov/2018budget/2018executive/A9500.pdf

& http://nyassembly.gov/2018budget/2018executive/A9501.pdf

https://www.budget.ny.gov/pubs/archive/fy19/exec/agencies/pdf/Legislature.pdf

FROM THE GOVERNOR
January 29, 2018 acknowlegment
February 28, 2018 extension
March 28, 2018 response


FROM THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
January 29, 2018 acknowledgment
February 27, 2018 response


2.
CJA's January 23, 2018 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"The Legislature’s fiscal year 2018-2019 budget narrative pertaining to the Audit Committee function of the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee"

FROM THE COMPTROLLER
January 30, 2018 acknowledgment
February 28, 2018 extension letter

FROM THE SENATE 
January 30, 2018 response

FROM THE ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2018 response
& enclosure -- Jan 23, 2017 engagement letter 
enclosure -- September 1, 2016 report

FROM THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
February 7, 2018 acknowledgment
March 13, 2018 response


3.
CJA's March 19, 2018 FOIL request to Comptroller
--
"'No Lulus for You: Comptroller Threatens to Withhold Lawmakers’ Payments',
New York Times, March 16, 2018 (Jesse McKinley)"

Comptroller's March 26, 2018 acknowledgement

2019

1.
CJA's October 2, 2019 FOIL/Records Request to Comptroller, etc. --
"The 'Independent audits' of the Comptroller and Attorney General
pursuant to Executive Law
§954

Comptroller's responses
Comptroller's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #2019-0544
Comptroller's November 7, 2019 extension letter
Comptroller's December 12, 2019 response
Enclosures --
Comptroller's September 10, 2014 request for proposals  
Names of accounting firms that submitted proposals  
Toski's September 8, 2014 proposal

Toski September 8, 2014 -- attachment B
Toski's September 8, 2014 -- attachment C   
Toski's September 8, 2015 internal control report: Jan 31-March 31, 2015 

Attorney General's responses --
Attorney General's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #G000715-100219
Attorney General's November 7, 2019 extension letter

Attorney General's December 23, 2019 response  
Enclosure --
see p. 71: AG's RFP -- due June 21, 2006
see p. 108: AG's July 18, 2006 letter to Toski, awarding contract

2.
CJA's October 2, 2019 FOIL/Records Request
--
"Comptroller's annual accountings pursuant to Public Officers Law
§17(3)(d)

Comptroller's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment
Comptroller's October 28, 2019 response  
Enclosure-2017    Enclosure-2018    Enclosure-2019

Assembly's October 9, 2019 response

Senate's October 10, 2019 response

Attorney General's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #G000720-100219
Attorney General's October 11, 2019 response

Governor's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment
Governor's December 5, 2019 response   Enclosures

2020

1.
CJA's February 19, 2020 FOIL request to "Partners in Government" --
"The 'very simple' budget numbers on Governor Cuomo's 'Partners in Government'
slide at his January 21, 2020 Executive Budget address"  to AG

Comptroller:
February 26, 2020 acknowledgment
June 17, 2020 response

Governor:
February 26, 2020 acknowledgment

Division of the Budget:
March 4, 2020 acknowledgment
March 20, 2020 response

Attorney General:
February 26, 2020 acknowledgment (#G000117-021920)
March 30, 2020 response

Senate:


Assembly
February 26, 2020 response

links:  https://nyassembly.gov/2020budget/
https://nyassembly.gov/2020budget/?sec=executive_bills

OCA:
February 19, 2020 acknowledgment

2.
CJA's April 15, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Silver v. Pataki/Pataki v. Assembly & Senate"
  
&
here

Attorney General
April 23, 2020 acknowledgment
May 7, 2020 extension letter
May 20, 2020 response

Comptroller
April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 20, 2020 extension
August 12, 2020 response

Governor
April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 8, 2020 response

Assembly
April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 20, 2020 extension letter
CJA's March 22, 2021 e-mail
Assembly's March 22, 2021 response -- attached Sept. 30, 2020 letter
CJA's March 22, 2021 repy -- attached Sept. 30, 2020 transmitting e-mail


Senate
April 22, 2020 response

 

3.
CJA's April 20, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc.  --
"Public Campaign Financing & Election Commission --
cost, archived records, correction to its Dec. 1, 2019 report"

Comptroller
April 27, 2020 acknowledgment
April 28, 2020 response

Assembly
April 27, 2020 acknowledgment

Governor
June 9, 2020 extension letter



4.
CJA's Apil 20, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Jastrzemsky & Hurley lawsuits vs Public Campaign Financing & Election Commission"
& here


Comptroller
April 27, 2020 acknowledgment


Attorney General
April 27, 2020 acknowledgment --236


5.
CJA's April 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc. --
"SAM-Party-NY & Michael Volpe v. Cuomo, et al (SDNY #1:20-cv-00323-JGK)"
& here

Comptroller
May 6, 2020 acknowledgment
June 4, 2020 extension
October 2, 2020 response
enclosure #1    #2   #3   #4   #5

Attorney General -- 258
responsive records

 

2021

1.
CJA's March 22, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"CJA's April 15, 2020 FOIL/records request -- Silver v. Pataki/Pataki v. Assembly & Senate"  

April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 20, 2020 extension
August 12, 2020 response

 

2.
CJA's March 22, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc --
"retention of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for Assembly's impeachment investigation of Gov. Cuomo"

Assembly's March 29, 2021 acknowledgment

CJA's April 29, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED -- FOIL/records request -- retention of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for Assembly's impeachment investigation of Gov. Cuomo

April 30, 2021 e-mail from Assemblyman Burdick's chief of staff

Assembly's May 10, 2021 e-mail

Assembly's May 13, 2021 response -- enclosed contract

CJA's May 14, 2021 appeal

CJA's May 24, 2021 follow-up e-mail regarding appeal

Assembly's May 24, 2021 response with justification

CJA's August 16, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Assembly contract with, and payments to, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP pertaining to investigation of, & services related to, Governor Cuomo's impeachment, Etc."

Comptroller's August 18, 2021 response  (#454) link-contract

Assembly's August 23, 2021 acknowledgment
Assembly's September 20, 2021 extension

CJA's November 15, 2021 e-mail to Comptroller --
"AGAIN..."  (9:35 am, #630)

Comptroller's November 22, 2021 acknowledgment #630

Comptroller's December 21, 2021 response
with attached image

CJA's November 15, 2021 e-mail to Assembly --
"STATUS..."

3.
CJA's April 28, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Why Didn't She Recuse Herself? 
NY's Top Judge Sided With Her Own Greenberg Traurig Lawyer"
(NYLJ, April 26, 2021)

OCA
April 29, 2021 response
enclosure  enclosure  

Attorney General
June 4, 2021 response

[Appellate Division, Third Dept's March 9, 2021 opinion & order -- Gesmer]

4.
CJA's April 29, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Retention of amicus curiae counsel in Delgado v NYS
(Albany Co. #907537-18; 3rd Dept #529556)"

Attorney General
June 4, 2021 response

Assembly
May 6, 2021 acknowledgment
May 17, 2021 response
Enclosures:  contract; extension #1; extension #2; vouchers

Governor  (#3422)
May 6, 2021 acknowledgment
June 3, 2021 extension
August 13, 2021 letter
enclosure #1 contract   #2 9-22-20 invoice   #3 10-14-20-invoice

 

5.
CJA's November 15, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"The Comptroller's post-2015 'independent audits' of 'internal controls'
pursuant to Executive Law §954"  (9:07am) #629

Comptroller's November 22, 2021 acknowledgment 

 

2022

 

1.
CJA's March 21, 2022 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"state contract for JCOPE with law firm Hogan Lovells"

Comptroller's March 28, 2022 acknowledgment -- 2022-0156

Comptroller's April 20, 2022 response

Contract   Feb. 18, 2022 invoice   March 14, 2022 invoice   spreadsheet



2.
CJA's March 21, 2022 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"the Comptroller's Executive Order relating to Auditor Independence" --
& where, on the Comptroller's website, ALL his executive orders are posted

Comptroller's March 28, 2022 response -- #2022-157

Executive Order


3.
CJA's March 22, 2022 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"Comptroller DiNapoli's Office of Inspector General, Division of Investigations,
Counsel, & Special Counsel for Ethics
"

Comptroller's March 29, 2022 acknowledgment -- #2022-0161


4.
CJA's March 23, 2022 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"Comptroller DiNapoli's 'independent audits' of 'internal controls'
pursuant to Executive Law §954'"


Comptroller's March 30, 2022 acknowledgment -- #2022-0166


5.
CJA's May 2, 2022 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"CJA's March 21, 2022 FOIL request for "the Comptroller's Executive Order
relating to Auditor Independence" -- & the Audit Oversight Board it establishes"

Comptroller's May 9, 2022 acknowledgment -- #2022-0265

Comptroller's June 6, 2022 extension



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