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COMMISSION ON PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT

PRESS

2016

June 8, 2016
"Prosecutors must be accountable"
Albany Times Union (Stephen Downs)

June 20, 2016
"Tighten discipline is needed for prosecutors"
Albany Times Union (Thomas Zugibe, DAASNY Pres)

 

2018

February 18, 2018 
"How We Judge Prosecutors
"
WNYC (Fred Mogul)

June 19, 2018
"Bill to Create a Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission is Approved by NY State Assembly"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)

June 19, 2018
"DAs Push Back Against Prosecutorial Conduct Commission"
State of Politics (Nick Reisman)

July 3, 2018
"Bill to Create Prosecutorial Conduct Commission Awaits Cuomo Decision"
Gotham Gazette (Ben Brachfeld)

July 5, 2018
"New DASNY President Urges Cuomo to Reject Bill to Create Prosecutorial Misconduct Board"
NYLJ  (Dan Clark)

August 9, 2018
"Bill creating prosecutorial misconduct commission reaches Cuomo"
Albany Times Union (David Lombardo)

August 13, 2018
"Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission Might Not Survive Judicial Review, AG's Counsel Writes"
NYLJ  (Dan Clark)

August 14, 2018
"NY Attorney General questions constitutionality of oversight commission for prosecutors"
Lohud (Jonathan Bandler)

August 14, 2018
"D.A.s Plan Constitutional Challenge to Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission"
NYLJ  (Dan Clark)

August 16, 2018
"Sponsor of Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission Bill Expects Approval from Cuomo"
NYLJ  (Dan Clark)

August 23, 2018
"A New Panel Can Investigate Prosecutors.  They Plan to Sue to Block It"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)

October 2018
"DAs sue over NY's first in the nation posecutor watchdog commission"
Syracuse.com  (Julie McMahon)

October 17, 2018
"Prosecutors Sue to block Misconduct Commission"
Albany Times Union (Brendon Lyons)

October 17, 2018
"DAs File Constitutional Challenge to NY Prosecutorial Conduct Commission"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)

October 25, 2018
"New York District Attorneys File Lawsuit to Block New Prosecutorial Watchdog Committee"
Syracuse Law Review (Caitlyn Bucklman)


2019

April 1, 2019
"NY State DA's Move to Block Creation of Prosecutorial Conduct Watchdog"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)

April 1, 2019
"DAs rip Cuomo, lawmakers over commission bill"
Albany Times Union (Robert Gavin)

April 5, 2019
"Prosecutors Sometimes Behave Badly. Now They May Be Held to Account"
NYT (Jay Ransom, Ashley Southwell)

June 2, 2019
"Cuomo, Lawmakers Agree Not to Defend Prosecutorial Watchdog's Constitutionality"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)

June 14, 2019
"Sponsor of Prosecutorial Conduct Watchdog Bill Urges Cuomo, Lawmakers to Rejoin the Suit"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)

July 24, 2019
"NY District Attorneys Formally Move to Strike Down Prosecutorial Watchdog Law"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)

December 5, 2019
"DAs could face punishment for failing to prosecute cops, pot possessors, lawyer says"
Albany Times Union (Robert Gavin)


2020

January 28, 2020
"Albany judge strikes down Legislature's prosecutorial watchdog commission"
Albany Times Union (Dan Clark)

January 29, 2020
"Albany Judge Deems Prosecutorial Conduct Commission Unconstitutional"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)

January 29, 2020
"New York had a law to investigate prosecutors.  Why a judge just tossed it"
Democrat & Chronicle (Jon Campbell)

January 28, 2020 decision

January 30, 2020
"New York court strikes down prosecutorial conduct commission"
Jurist (Andrew Hursh)

2020
"The New York Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission
and the Dawn of a New Era of Reform for Prosecutors
"
Cardozo Law Review (Clyde Rastetter)

2021

April 29, 2021
"District Attorneys Push Back On Proposed Prosecutorial Misconduct Panel"
WSKG (Dan Clark)

September 1, 2021
"How New York Lets Prosecutors Off the Hook for Misconduct"
NY Focus (Rory Fleming)

September 2, 2021
"NY Courts Faulted for Lax Approach to Misconduct"

Governor Cuomo's June 21, 2021 press announcement:
"Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Bolstering Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct"

November 10, 2021
"They Publicized Prosecutors' Misconduct.  The Blowback was Swift"
New York Times (Jonah Bronwich)

December 13, 2021
"Chief Judge Appoints Members of State's New Commission on Proseuctorial Conduct"
OCA press release

December 13, 2021
"Chief Judge appoints Justice Eng to state's new commission on prosecutorial conduct"
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

December 14, 2021
"Prosecutorial conduct oversight board takes shape"
Queens Daily Eagle (Jacob Kaye) 

2023

February 10, 2023
"Watchdog for prosecutorial misconduct in limbo after two years"
Albany Times Union (Justin Raga)

February 20, 2023
"The Task Force Zone"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

2024

January 31, 2024
"Failure to Launch: NY's Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission is Going Nowhere Fast"
Indypendent (Theodore Hamm) 

February 26, 2024
"Susan Friedman to lead launch of NY prosecutorial watchdog agency"
NYLJ (Brian Lee)

April 29, 2024
"Exclusive: Hochul refers upstate NY DA to commission that investigates
prosecutor conduct following caught on camera outburst against a cop
"
NY Post (David Propper)

April 29, 2024
"Monroe County DA could be among first prosecutorial conduct commission reviews"
Spectrum News (Ryan Whalen)

April 29, 2024
"Sandra Doorley apologizes for berating officer,
will refer traffic stop to Onondago County DA
"
WXXI (Brian Sharp)   (Washington Examiner)

April 29, 2024
"A look at the state commission charged
with investigating Monroe County DA
"
News 10 (Berkeley Brean)

April 30, 2024
"Three-Year-Old Commission Hochul Tapped for Rochester DA Traffic Stop
Has Never Taken a Case
"
New York Focus (Chris Gelardi)

April 29, 2024
"Gov Hochul refers Monroe County DA
to Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct
"
RochesterFirst.com (George Gandy)
 

July 15, 2024
"Review finds DA Sandra Doorley
sought unwarranted privileges in traffic stop
"
WXXI (Gino Fanelli)

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"New York Creates a Commission on Prosecutor Conduct"
Washington University Law School
34 Criminal Justice 62 (Fall 2019)

 

 

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New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct

Background -- Legislation & Lawsuit

Background -- June 6, 2016 Legislative Forum

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