CJA's July 8, 2022 comment
sent via Gov's webportal at 5:37
am, cont'd 5:40 am
“Mr. Cardozo has, for decades, colluded in the corruption of
state government, involving both judicial selection &
discipline, the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct, the
Judiciary's control over attorney discipline, the corrupting
of any cognizable judicial process by judges, in collusion
with the Attorney General, to defeat meritorious lawsuit
challenges, has aided, abetted, and directly participated
in, the "false instrument" commission/committee reports that
have given pay raises to judges, legislators, the Attorney
General, Comptroller, & indirectly, to the Governor & Lt.
Governor -- and to D.A.s. He is fully familiar with, &
complicit in, the massive corruption of NY's 3 gov't
branches chronicled by the 7 complaints to JCOPE that are
the first 7 exhibits of the Center for Judicial
Accountability's June 6, 2022 verified petition/complaint in
its lawsuit vs Gov. Hochul & her fellow "selection members"
of the Commission on Ethics & Lobbying in Government -- &
which will be refiled as complaints to the Commission on
Ethics & Lobbying in Government, today -- its 1st day of
life given to it, yesterday, by a financially-interested,
flagrantly biased judge who, in collusion with an assistant
attorney general whose virtually every word was a lie,
knowingly and wilfully violated his duty, based on
black-letter law (CPLR 6312(a) & (c)) & the record before
him, in denying a TRO/preliminary injunction, thereby
inflicting on the public a bogus "ethics commission reform",
enacted unconstitutionally, unlawfully, & by fraud,
stripping them of vital safeguarding rights.”
SENT at 5:40 am “continuation – With
Cardozo as a member, the public's injury will be compounded.
Call me for the chapter & verse details & EVIDENCE of
Cardozo's long history of unethical, criminal conduct. Thank
you. Elena Sassower, Director, Center for Judicial
Accountability, Inc. (CJA) 914-421-1200”
CJA's July 15, 2022 comment
sent via Gov's
webportal at 4:27 pm
"I have received no follow-up to
my 2-part July 8th comment in opposition to Governor
Hochul's prospective nomination of Michael Cardozo to the
Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, whose 2nd
part added: "...Call me for the chapter & verse details &
EVIDENCE of Cardozo's long history of unethical, criminal
conduct." Were you not planning to interview me and request
substantiating documents? Please advise. Thank you. Elena
Sassower, Director, Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.
(CJA) 914-421-1200"
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FEATURING:
VIDEO
& evidentiary webpage of CJA's November 4, 2019
testimony
before the Commission of Legislative, Judicial & Executive
Compensation & its Chair Cardozo
"This forum
has been permeated with fraud...There is rigging going on...you are
operating under the radar...your reliance on...the 2011 report of
the Commission on Judicial Compensation and the 2015 report of the
Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation...are...false instrument[s],
violative of a succession of Penal Laws and the Public Trust
Act...your duty is to make findings of facts and conclusions of law
because what you have here is a grand larceny of the public fisc..."
-- and "Exhibit A...the citizen-taxpayer action now at the Court of
Appeals, Center for Judicial Accountability against Cuomo, et al,
and the last defendant is Chief Judge DiFiore"
---------------------------------
1995
CARDOZO,
as Vice-Chair of the FUND FOR
MODERN COURTS
cc: Fund for Modern Courts
Vice-Chair Cardozo
CJA's August 22, 1995 letter to Fund for Modern Courts
Chairman John Feerick
Enclosures:
"Comm'n
Abandons Investigative Mandate",
8/14/19 letter to editor/NYLJ
Justice
Herman Cahn's July 13, 1995 decision in DLS v.
Commission
click here for:
Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on
Judicial Conduct
1996 - 1998
CARDOZO,
as Incoming President &
President
of NYC BAR ASSOCIATION
click here for:
CJA's contact with NYC Bar
Association
cc: Incoming City
Bar President Cardozo
CJA’s April 12, 1996 letter to
City Bar President Barbara Robinson
--
"The Legal Community's Ethical/Professional
Responsibility"
cc: Incoming City
Bar President Cardozo
CJA’s March 18, 1996 letter to President Robinson --
"New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct"
Ex. A:
President Robinson’s March 26, 1996 letter to CJA
Ex B: CJA's March 18, 1996 letter President
Robinson
Ex A: "Protect Judges From Politicians", op-ed
article by Robinson, NYT, 3/14/96,
& "Rush
to Judgment By Pataki Criticized", ltr to editor by
Robinson, NYLJ, 3/6/96
Ex B: "Ethics Opinion Allows Criticism of Trial
Judge", NYLJ, 2/29/96
Ex C: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate",
CJA's ltr to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
Ex D: CJA's 1/25/96 letter to City Bar's Legal Referral
Service
Ex E: "26 Bar Groups Join To Defend Judiciary",
NYLJ, 3/8/96
Ex F: CJA's 2/20/96 letter to Mayor Giuliani
Ex G: CJA's 2/27/96 letter to Mayor Giuliani
Ex C:
City Bar's guide, "How to Complain About Lawyers and
Judges in New York City"
Ex D: CJA's August 22, 1995 ltr to John
Feerick/Chairman, Fund for Modern Courts
cc: Incoming President Cardozo
CJA’s May 23, 1996
letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee
--
"New York State Commission on Judicial
Conduct"
cc: City Bar President Cardozo
CJA’s February 10, 1997 letter to Counsel Rothstein
Ex A:
CJA's January 25, 1996 letter to City Bar's Legal Referral
Service
Ex
B: "A
Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ,
November 20, 1996
Ex
C-1: CJA's August 22, 1995 letter to John Feerick,
Chairman/Fund for Modern Courts
Ex
C-2: John Feerick's August 28, 1995 letter
Ex
D: CJA's January 9, 1996 letter to Daniel Kolb,
Chairman/Judiciary Committee
Ex
E: "Comm'n
Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's letter to editor,
NYLJ, August 14, 1995
CJA’s March 7, 1997 letter to President Cardozo --
"Supplement to City Bar's February 7, 1997 Report"
Ex.
A-1:
"On
Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to
editor, NYT, November 16, 1996
Ex.
A-2: "A
Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 paid ad, NYLJ,
November 20, 1996
Ex.
B: CJA's June 11, 1996 letter to NYS Senators
Ex.
C: CJA's June 12, 1996 letter to Michael Finnegan
Ex.
D: City Bar program, "How to Become a Judge", December
7, 1996
Ex.
E-1: NYLJ item, March 4, 1997
Ex.
E-2: "Pataki
Names Panels For Judicial Screening", NYLJ, March 6,
1997
Ex.
F: CJA's February 10, 1997 letter to Alan Rothstein,
City Bar Counsel
Ex.
G: CJA's August 22, 1995 letter to John Feerick,
Chairman/Fund for Modern Courts
Ex.
H: CJA's May 6, 1996 letter to James McGuire
Ex.
I-1: "Lawyers'
Attacks on Judges Risk Censure", by Cardozo, National
Law Journal, Aug 26, 1996
Ex.
I-2: City Bar program, "POLITICIANS
ON JUDGES: Fair Criticism or Intimidation?", October 7,
1996
CJA’s May 6, 1997 fax to President Cardozo,
transmitting CJA's
May 5, 1997notice-challenge
"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 ltr 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 DLS
v. Commission,
with annexed law: 22 NYCRR 7000.1 et
seq., Judiciary Law 44.1, NYS Constitution, Article VI,
Sec. 22
CJA's June 12, 1997 memo for City Bar President Cardozo --
"Ensuring the public's right to basic information
about the Governor's judicial appointments process and
protecting it from unfit judicial nominees"
-- transmitting CJA's
June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki --
"The public's right to basic information
and your unworthy appointment of Justice Nicholas Colabella
to the Appellate Division, First Department"
Ex.
A-1: Gov's press release announcing members of state
judicial screening committee & 3 jud. appointments
Ex.
A-2: "Colabella
to Appellate Division", NYLJ, 5/15/97
Ex.
B: Executive Order #11: Temporary Judicial Screening
Committee
Ex.
C: Executive Order #10: Judicial Screening Committees
Ex.
D: "On
Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to
editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex.
E: "Pataki
Names Panels for Judicial Screening", NYLJ, 3/6/97
Ex.
F: Gov's classified ads of judicial vacancies
Ex.
G: City Bar's Uniform Judicial Questionnaire
Ex.
H: 3/24/92 front-page correction in NYLJ, with Doris
Sassower's letter to the editor
Ex.
I-1: "Where
Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770
op-ed ad, NYT, 10/26/94
Ex.
I-2: Doris Sassower's Director's Biography
Ex
J-1: "Appellate
Selection Process Stirs Concern", NYLJ, 12/10/96
Ex.
J-2: December 16, 1996 item, NYLJ
Ex. K: NY Judge Reviews (1997-8 edition)
CJA’s September 15, 1997 letter to Counsel Rothstein --
"Amicus Support: Letter Support: Sassower
v. Mangano, et al."
-- SEE: Test
Cases - Federal (Mangano)
CJA’s November 10, 1997 letter to Counsel Rothstein --
"Amicus Support: Sassower
v. Mangano, et al."
cc: City Bar President Cardozo
CJA's January 7, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Judith Kaye --
"Safeguarding the Public's Rights and Interest in the
State Judicial Appointments Process"
Ex.
A: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
letter to editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex. B-1: CJA's July 25, 1997 letter to James Gill,
Chairman/1st Dept Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. B-2-6: follow-up faxes to 1st Dept. Judicial
Screening Committee
Ex. C-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on
the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
Ex. C-2: NYLJ item, 9/22/97
Ex. D: NYLJ item, 12/26/97
Ex. E: receipted 1st page of CJA's Dec. 29, 1997 memo to
State Judicial Screening Committee members
2011
CARDOZO, as NYC Corporation Counsel
in advocacy for
judicial pay raises before
Commission on Judicial
Compensation
CJA's August 16, 2011 letter to NYC Corporation Counsel
Cardozo
--
"Ensuring that the Commission on Judicial Compensation's
Recommendations and Report are Based on Evidence: The Absence
of Evidence that Judicial Compensation has Deterred Qualified Public
Sector or Private Sector Lawyers from Becoming Judges"
click here for: VIDEO
of Cardozo's testimony at the July 20, 2011 hearing of the
Commission on Judicial Compensation (at 1:24 - 1:33)
click here for:
Commission's witness
list
CJA's
August 17, 2011 letter to Advocates of Judicial Pay Raises
--
"Protecting the People of this State from Fraud:
The Commission on Judicial Compensation's Duty to Identify the Case
Presented by Opponents of ANY Judicial Pay Raises & to Make Findings
with Respect Thereto, in Discharge of its Statutory
Responsibilities"
E-Mail (8/17/11)
2019-2020
CARDOZO, as Chair of the Commission
on Legislative,
Judicial & Executive Compensation
CJA's MENU webpages
for 2019-2020 Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation
click here for: CJA's contemporaneous EVIDENTIARY webpage
of CARDOZO's conflict of interest
Disqualified as a
judicial pay raise advocate, whose testimony before the 2011
Commission on Judicial Compensation, as NYC Corporation Counsel, was
fraudulent and who colluded in the frauds of his fellow judicial pay
raise advocates before the Commission on Judicial Compensation.
This was demonstrated by CJA's contemporaneous correspondence to
Cardozo, his fellow pay raise advocates, and the Commission--
without dispute from any of them as to its accuracy. This
correspondence was annexed and summarized by CJA's
October 27, 2011 opposition report to the Commission on Judicial
Compensation's August 29, 2011 report -- and such was furnished to
Cardozo, the judicial pay raise advocates, and the Commission --
again, without dispute from any of them as to its accuracy.
Prior thereto, Cardozo, again, and again,
and again, in his leadership positions, at the Fund for Modern
Court, at the New York City Bar Association, at Citizens Union
perpetuated and colluded in the corruption of judicial discipline,
judicial selection, and of the judicial process itself.
VIDEO & webpage of CJA's Nov. 4, 2019
testimony
before Chair Cardozo
"This forum
has been permeated with fraud...There is rigging going on...you are
operating under the radar...your reliance on...the 2011 report of
the Commission on Judicial Compensation and the 2015 report of the
Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation...are...false instrument[s],
violative of a succession of Penal Laws and the Public Trust
Act...your duty is to make findings of facts and conclusions of law
because what you have here is a grand larceny of the public fisc..."
-- and "Exhibit A...the citizen-taxpayer action now at the Court of
Appeals, Center for Judicial Accountability against Cuomo, et al,
and the last defendant is Chief Judge DiFiore"
* * *
CJA's correspondence with
Selection Members --
Appointing Authorities
CJA's correspondence with
Independent Review
Committee
of NY's 15 Law School Deans
Commission
on Ethics & Lobbying in Government (COELIG)
