Commission
on Ethics & Lobbying in Government (CELG)
INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE (IRC)
1.
CJA's June 12, 2022 letter --
"Lawsuit to VOID the
'ethics commission reform act of 2022',
TRO to stay the statute from
taking effect on July 8th
-- & your ethical,
professional,
and civic responsibilities with respect thereto"
--
transmitting e-mail
&
here; & on
June 13, 2022
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Independent Review Committee's
June 15, 2022 press release
Independent Review Committee website
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2.
CJA's June 16, 2022 e-mail
--
"NOTICE OF CANCELLATION of tomorrow's oral argument on TRO,
hopefully to be rescheduled to Wed. June 22nd --
CJA, et al v. JCOPE, et
al (Albany Co. #904235-22)"
3.
CJA's July 2, 2022
e-mail --
“TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE –
TRO/Preliminary Injunction:
‘ethics commission reform
act of 2022’..."
&
here
4.
CJA's July 7, 2022 e-mail (6:30 pm)
"Nominations to the Commission on Ethics & Lobbying in
Government,
whose operations are to begin tomorrow, July
8, 2022"
5.
CJA's July 18, 2022 e-mail --
"Updating your IRC website to facilitate public comment on
the selection members' nominations to CELG -- and FOIL
request"
CJA's July 18, 2022 e-mail to SUNY Buffalo Law School
6.
CJA's July 27, 2022 e-mail --
"IMMEDIATE CLARIFICATION
REQUIRED:
Which, if any, proposed nominees to CELG have
been formally nominated
by selection members – as no
selection members have announced formal nominations,
following public comment"
CJA's July 27, 2022 e-mail to Pace Law School
7.
CJA's August 4, 2022 letter
#1 --
"Your
Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest – and the
Direct Interests of Your Chair,
New York Law School Dean Crowell, and of Hofstra Law School
Dean Prudenti, Mandating their IMMEDIATE Withdrawal from the
Independent Review Committee by Reason Thereof – or that You
Disqualify Them IMMEDIATELY"
CJA's August 4, 2022 letter
#2 --
"Violation
of Vetting Rules & Investigative Protocols by Selection
Members – & by the Independent Review Committee – Born of
Conflicts of Interests"
8.
CJA's August 22, 2022 e-mail --
"UPDATE: CJA v. JCOPE, et al --
AG James has NO defense to the 6th cause of action that
the "ethics commission reform act of 2022" was
unconstitutionally & unlawfully enacted -- & also none to
the other 9 causes of action."
&, also, to
previously omitted deans
9.
CJA's November 28, 2022 FOIL request --
"Retention of outside counsel in Gary Lavine v. State of New
York, et al.
(Onondaga Co. #007623/2022)"
rejection -- November 28, 2022 FOIL
10.
CJA's December 27, 2022 e-mail --
"Your unanimous 15-0 vote
approving Governor Hochul's formal nomination of Kaylin
Whittingham, ESQ. to the Commission on Ethics & Lobbying in
Government -- & your on-going ethical, professional, & civic
responsibilities pertaining to CJA v. JCOPE, et al."
11.
CJA's February 7, 2023 e-mail --
"Did AG James' Jan. 23, 2023
(proposed) nomination of Ava Ayers morph into a formal
nomination that she sent to the Independent Review
Committee?"
Chair Crowell's February 7, 2023 response
CJA's February 8, 2023 e-mail to Chair Crowell --
"Thank you -- & more.... IRC,
COELIG -- & constitutional, lawful governance, subverted by
conflicts-of-interest"
February 8, 2023 letter from
IRC's Records Access Officer
enclosure
12.
CJA's August 6, 2024 letter --
"Have Your Predecessor
Law School Deans & the IRC’s Other Law School Deans Apprised
You of What Has Been Going On? – & IRC’s Ethical,
Professional, and
Civic Responsibilities Going Forward, including by
Intervention & as Amicus Curiae
at the Court of Appeals in CJA v. JCOPE,
et al."
transmitting e-mail
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CJA's
MENU webpage for COELIG
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