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COMMISSION ON ETHICS
& LOBBYING IN GOVERNMENT (COELIG)


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click here for CJA's MENU webpage for the now defunct:
Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE)



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click here for A TALE OF THREE LAWSUITS
CJA v. JCOPE, et al; Lavine v NYS; Cuomo v. COELIG 

 

CJA's correspondence with
Independent Review Committee
of NY's 15 Law School Deans 

CJA's correspondence with
Selection Members -- Appointing Authorities



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1.
CJA's Day #1 Complaint/Letter -- July 8, 2022
"TESTING the 'ethics commission reform act' Commission
on its DAY 1:
Re-filing the seven complaints previously filed with JCOPE,
plus a new eighth complaint against Attorney General Letitia James for litigation fraud
in CJA, et al. v. JCOPE, et al. (Albany Co. #904235-22) --
arising from he same conflict of interest Public Officers Law §74 violations
as were the subject of CJA's March 5, 2021 complaint, unredressed by JCOPE"




2.
CJA's October 2, 2023 Complaint & TEST --
(1) Updating & Now Filing CJA’s March 29, 2023 ethics complaint
vs COELIG’s Commissioners, Executive Director, General Counsel, & Other High-Ranking Staff
, for “substantial neglect of duty” and “misconduct in office”, born of flagrant violations
of mandatory conflict-of-interest protocols;
(2) Officially TESTING the Commission’s unofficial reconsideration/renewal
remedy
by resubmitting CJA’s July 8, 2022 complaint and October 6, 2022 supplement
based on the within evidence that the November 17, 2022 staff letter that the Commission “voted to close” it is indefensible.



3.
CJA's January 29, 2024 Complaint --
“This is a conflict of interest/corruption complaint vs the seven members of the NYS Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation for their knowing and deliberate violations of Public Officers Law 74 to which they swore to comply.  The particulars, with live links to the substantiating evidence, are set forth by CJA’s attached Jan 18, 2024 Opposition Report to the Commission’s misnomered Dec 4, 2024 ‘Final Report on Judicial Compensation.  Page 17 recites details of their signed & sworn Public Officers Law 74 declaration.”

 

4.
CJA's October 29, 2024 Complaint --
"Conflict-of-interest/corruption complaint against Gov. Hochul, Lt. Gov. Delgado, Senate Leaders Stewart-Cousins & Ortt, and all 61 other State Senators, Assembly Leaders Heastie & Barclay and all 148 other Assembly Members, AG James, and Comptroller DiNapoli for their Public Officers Law §74 Violations Pertaining to the Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation"

 

5.
CJA's November 13, 2024 Complaint --
"written testimony constituting a conflict of interest/corruption complaint
against COELIG's Commissioners, Executive Director, General Counsel,
& Other High-Ranking Staff for 'substantial neglect of duty' and 'misconduct in office',
born of flagrant violations of Public Officers Law 74, Executive Law 94.10(b)
& other mandatory conflict of interest protocols"


 

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CJA's FOIL Requests

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JCOPE -- July 7, 2022 Annual Report for 2021

COELIG's August 28, 2023 Annual Report for 2022

COELIG's June 24, 2024 Annual Report for 2023

 

PRESS REPORTING SNAPSHOT

2022   2023   2024








OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED WITH CEOLIG

November 11, 2022 complaint --
NYPIRG, Common Cause, Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany
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