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CJA's April 12, 2016 e-mail -- (also sent to Senator Young & Senator Gallivan, & to Assemblyman Nojay) -- "Subject: Safeguarding the Taxpayers of Livingston County from unlawful, fraudulent, and unconstitutional district attorney salary increases" & also

And the response is --

Assemblyman Nojay's April 13, 2016 e-mail -- "Subject: your idiotic email"

Assemblyman Nojay's April 13, 2016 e-mail -- "Subject: RE: your idiotic email"

CJA's April 13, 2016 e-mail to Assemblyman Nojay -- "Subject: Assisting the Livingston County Board of Supervisors in Protecting Taxpayer Dollars: D.A. Pay Increase"

April 14, 2016: "Livingston County supervisors seek support for budget amendment to pay DA salary increase", The Daily News (Ben Beagle)

April 15, 2016: "Young asks governor to absorb cost of DA salary increase", Watertown Daily Times (Ben Beagle)

May 27, 2016: "Payback time: State should compensate counties for increased DA salaries", The Journal (Johnson News Service, with additional reporting by The Livingston County News)

CJA's August 3, 2016 e-mail to Livingston County News Editor & General Manager Ben Beagle -- "Your Today's Story: 'Livingston County weighs shifting funds for DA salary mandate'

Livingston County Attorney David Morris' August 4, 2016 e-mail -- "Subject: FOIL request"

CJA's August 5, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney Morris-- "Subject: Did you also not receive CJA's July 8, 2016 Letter for 'all Livingston County's legislators, executive officers & the treasurer/comptroller"

County Attorney Morris' August 5, 2016 e-mail -- "Subject: RE: Did you also not receive CJA's July 8, 2016 Letter for 'all Livingston County's legislators, executive officers & the treasurer/comptroller"

CJA's August 5, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney Morris-- "Subject: Is it your view that CJA's July 8, 2016 letter is not ESSENTIAL to the decision to be made by the Livingston County Board of Supervisors concerning D.A. McCaffrey's salary increase?"

CJA's August 6, 2016 e-mail to Livingston County D.A. McCaffrey -- "Subject: Aug. 10th Livingston County Board of Supervisors' Meeting: Your duty to assist the Board in its duty to repudiate & challenge your $30,000 district attorney salary increase BASED ON EVIDENCE that it rests on fraud and other unlawfulness"

CJA's August 10, 2016 e-mail to Livingston County News Editor/General Manager Beagle -- "Subject: Today's August 10 meeting of the Livingston Board of Supervisors -- FOIL REQUEST -- State Aid for District Attorney Salaries"

LEWIS COUNTY

April 27, 2016: "State Mandate Increases Lewis County D.A.'s Salary to $183K Per Year"

                                        VIDEO of Legislative Board's August 2, 2016 meeting!    minutes
                                                 1:17 - 1:20 hours/minutes                 district attorney salary increase resolution
                                                                                      & resolution for DAASNY conference reimbursement

August 3, 2016:
"Lewis County legislators oppose mandated DA raise, citing no state funding",
Watertown Daily Times (Steve Virkler)

August 3, 2016:
"Feedback: Lewis County Lawmakers Reject DA Moser's Pay Hike",
Channel 7 News/Fox 28

CJA's August 8, 2016 e-mail to Lewis County Legislative Clerk -- "Subject: Thank you! Notice to Lewis Co. Government -- Your Duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Moser's findings of facts and conclusions of law"

CJA's August 8, 2016 e-mail to Lewis County Legislative Clerk -- "Subject: July 14, 2016 FOIL Request -- Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits'"

CJA's August 8, 2016 e-mail to Lewis County Legislative Clerk -- "Subject: August 8, 2016 FOIL REQUEST -- State Aid for District Attorney Salaries"

Lewis County Clerk's August 9, 2016 e-mail

CJA's August 10, 2016 e-mail to Lewis County Clerk -- "Subject: Thank you for your kind confirmation..."

Lewis County Board of Legislators' Sept. 29, 2016 notice to media
with enclosed resolutions, including #381, #382, #383

VIDEO of Legislative Board's October 4, 2016 meeting -- at 41- 43 minutes

October 6, 2016:
"Lewis County legislators begrudgingly approve D.A. salary increase"
Watertown Daily Times (Steve Virkler)

CJA's October 6, 2016 e-mail to Steve Virkler --
"Subject: NEWS LEAD: Lewis Co. legislators defrauding the county & state on the D.A. salary issue"

CJA's October 6, 2016 e-mail to Assemblyman Blankenbush's chief of staff --
"Subject: Protecting the Taxpayers: The materially false, misleading & fraudulent October 4th resolutions of the Lewis Co. Legislature pertaining to DA salary and state reimbursement" --
cc to County Attorney, NYSAC, & Virkler

CJA's October 7, 2016 e-mail to Senator Griffo's director of research -- "Subject: Follow-up: Protecting the Taxpayers: The materially false, misleading & fraudulent October 4th resolutions of the Lewis Co. Legislature pertaining to DA salary and state reimbursement" --
cc to Assemblyman Blankenbush, County Attorney, NYSAC, & Virkler

CJA's October 7, 2016 FOIL/records request to Gov, Senate & Assembly --
"RE: the chapter amendment to the 2016-17 State Budget referred-to by Resolutions #382-2016 & #381-2016 of the Lewis County Board of Legislators, adopted October 4, 2016"

Assembly's October 14, 2016 response & enclosure

Senate's October 17, 2016 response

Governor's October 17, 2016 acknowledgment

October 20, 2016: "It's the law: Lewis County legislators increase DA Leanne Moser's salary", Watertown Daily Times

GENESEE COUNTY

April 7, 2016: "State commission mandates 20-percent pay hike for all NY district attorneys, local legislators 'apalled'", The Batavian (Billie Owens)

CJA's April 8, 2016 e-mail -- (also sent to Senator Ranzenhofer & to Assemblyman Hawley)
"Subject: Safeguarding the Taxpayers of Genesee County
from unlawful, fraudulent, and unconstitutional district attorney salary increases"

click here for: video of Elena Sassower's 10-minute testimony before the Legislature
at its Feb. 6, 2013 budget hearing, at which she testified as to the statutory tie
between judicial salaries and district attorney salaries.
[last speaker: at 7 hours, 20 minutes].

April 13, 2016: "Genesee County legislators object to state-mandated raise for DAs...", Buffalo News (Mike Pettinella)

April 23, 2016: "Hawley introduces bill to make state reimburse counties for district attorneys' mandated pay raises", The Batavian (posted press release from Hawley)

May 9, 2016 Hawley press release

May 10, 2016: "Hawley bill would take DA raise off the books", Daily News

May 10, 2016: "County leaders statewide call on the State to reimburse counties for district attorney salary increase", The Batavian (Billie Owens)

October 19, 2016: "Public Service Committee mum on state mandate for district attorney races", The Batavian (Howard Owens)

DUTCHESS COUNTY

CJA's July 8, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak -- "Subject: CJA's revised & superseding letter to Dutchess County Government to repudicate & successfully challenge the D.A. salary increases based on rock-solid, prima facie evidence"

Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak's July 11, 2016 responding e-mail

CJA's July 11, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak -- "Subject: Thank you for the courtesy of your e-mail..."

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess County Legislative Clerk -- "Subject: Notice to Dutchess Co. Government: Your duty to repudicate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Grady's findings of facts and conclusions of law"

Dutchess Co. Legislative Clerk's July 13, 2016 responding e-mail

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess County Legislative Clerk -- Subject: thank you so very much, Carolyn..."

Dutchess Co. Legislative Clerk's July 13, 2016 responding e-mail

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess County Legislative Clerk -- "Subject: thank you. will do!..."

CJA's July 13, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess Co. Executive, Comptroller, etc -- "Subject: Notice to Dutchess Co. Government -- Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Grady's findings of facts and conclusions of law"

CJA's July 15, 2016 e-mail from Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak -- "Subject: Re: FOIL Request -- Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits' for District Attorneys & Other Full-Time Elected County Officers"

CJA's July 18, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak - "AGAIN: FOIL Request -- Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits' for District Attorneys & Other Full-Time Elected County Officers"

CJA's July 18, 2016 e-mail to Dutchess Co. Deputy County Attorney Bogle -- "AGAIN: FOIL Request -- Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits' for District Attorneys & Other Full-Time Elected County Officers"

Dutchess Co. Deputy County Attorney Bogle's July 18, 2016 responding e-mail

CJA's July 18, 2016 e-mail to Chief Assistant Attorney Carol Bogle -- "Subject: Thank you --

CJA's July 18, 2016 automatic e-mail from Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak

Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak's July 25, 2016 e-mail -- "Subject: RE: AGAIN: FOIL Request -- Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits' for District Attorneys & Other Full-Time Elected County Officers"

August 3, 2016 letter from Dutchess Co. Deputy Commissioner of Human Resources

Dutchess Co. Attorney Fedorchak's August 8, 2016 e-mail -- "Subject: RE: FOIL REQUEST -- State Aid for District Attorney Salaries"

SCHUYLER COUNTY

CJA's August 5, 2016 e-mail to Schuyler County Administrator Timothy O'Hearn

Schuyler County Attorney Steven Getman's August 5, 2016 e-mail

CJA's August 8, 2016 e-mail to Assistant Schuyler County Attorney Heidi Paulino

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