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DECEMBER 30, 2013 LETTER
CJA's December 30, 2013 letter to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
-- "SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC PURSE FROM LEGISLATIVE FRAUD & LARCENY:
Your Duty to Exclude the Legislature’s Proposed Budget from the State
Budget for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Because its Absence of Certified Itemized
Estimates Violates Article VII, §1 of the NYS Constitution; Alternatively,
to Recommend that the Legislature Reject it, or Alter it Based on
Certification of Itemized Estimates"
Enclosure:
CJA's August 21, 2013 letter to
Governor Cuomo -- "Achieving BOTH a Properly Functioning Legislature & the Public Trust Act
(Program Bill #3) -- the Sine Qua Non for 'Government Working'
& 'Working for the People'"
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referred-to documents:
CJA's December 11, 2013 letter to Governor Cuomo
& Legislators -- "SAFEGUARDING
THE PUBLIC PURSE FROM JUDICIAL FRAUD & LARCENY: Your
Constitutional & Statutory Duty to Reject the Entirety of the Judiciary’s
Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, Over & Beyond its Concealed,
Unitemized Third Phase of the Judicial Salary Increase that Will Otherwise
Take Effect, Automatically, on April 1, 2014"
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Legislative Budget -- Fiscal Year 2014-2015:
Legislature's November 27, 2013
transmittal letter to Governor Cuomo, signed by Temporary Senate President Skelos & Assembly
Speaker Silver -- Attachments:
Legislature's Budget Narrative (5 pp.) with chart (1 p.)
"Schedule of Appropriations" (10 pps.)
compare to Judiciary's November 29, 2013
transmittal: Judiciary's
Proposed Budget
- with transmittal memo & certification
Judiciary's General State Charges - with transmittal
memo & certification
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FOIL Correspondence
Senate
CJA's December 2, 2013 letter to Secretary of Senate...-- "The Legislature's Certified Itemized
Estimates of its Financial needs for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, as Required
by Article VII,
§1 of the New York State Constitution"
December 16, 2013 letter to Secretary of Senate -- "AGAIN:
The Legislature's Certified Itemized Estimates of its Financial needs for
Fiscal Year 2014-2015, as Required by Article VII,
§1 of the New York State Constitution"
Assembly
CJA's December 2, 2013 letter to Assembly Public
Information Officer...-- "The Legislature's Certified Itemized
Estimates of its Financial needs for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, as Required
by Article VII,
§1 of the New York State Constitution"
Assembly
Public Information Officer's December 6, 2013 response:
1. Legislature's
November 27, 2013 letter signed by Temporary Senate President Skelos & Assembly
Speaker Silver to Governor Cuomo; 2.
Legislature's Budget Narrative; 3.
Legislature's Schedule of Appropriations
CJA's December 16, 2013 letter to Assembly Public Information Officer --
"RE: Where are the Legislature's Certifications & 'Fringe Benefit Costs' for
Fiscal Year 2014-2015?"
Assembly Public Information Officer's December 17, 2013 response
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see continued
FOIL & RECORDS REQUESTS
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FURTHER PROOF that Legislative Budget is NOT --
as Article VII, Sec. 1 of the NYS Constitution requires -- "itemized
estimates of the financial needs of each house..."
(1) Three Prior Years of
IDENTICAL Legislative budgets -- 2011, 2012, 2013
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2013-2014
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2011-2012
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2010-2011
(2) Senate Temporary Committee on Rules & Administration Reform
Discussions -- 2009 Meetings
1st meeting on March 23, 2009: pp. 54-56; 61-62
2nd meeting on March 24, 2009: pp. 33-73
3rd meeting on March 25, 2009: pp. 43-60
See Legislative Budget for 2009 -- & prior years:
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2007-2008
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2005-2006
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2004-2005
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2003-2004
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2002-2003
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2001-2002
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 2000-2001
Legislative Budget for Fiscal Year 1999-2000
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click here for
2009 Temporary Senate Committeee on Rules & Administration Reform
Brennan Center Reports on NY's Legislature -- found to be the
nation's MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL
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Division of the Budget
"Citizens' Guide"
September
24, 2013 call letter of Budget Director Megna
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CJA's July 19, 2013 corruption complaint
to Albany County District Attorney Soares
CJA's June 13, 2013 corruption complaint
to U.S. Attorney Hartunian
CJA's September 17, 2013 oral & written testimony to Commission to
Investigate Public Corruption
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