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THE PEOPLE FIGHT BACK...
JOINT
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS
Part A,
Sec. 21 of the Public Integrity Act of 2011
"No later than May 1, 2015, the governor
and the legislative leaders shall jointly
appoint a review commission to review and evaluate the activities and
performance of the joint commission
on public
ethics and the legislative ethics commission in implementing the
provisions of this act. On or
before March 1, 2015, the
review commission shall report to the governor and the legislature on its
review and evaluation
which report
shall include
any administrative and
legislative
recommendations on
strengthening the administration and enforcement of the ethics law in
New York state. The review
commission shall be comprised of eight members and the governor and the
legislative leaders shall jointly designate a chair from among the members.
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CJA's July 11, 2014 letter to the "Three
Men in the Room" -- Governor, Temporary Senate President, & Assembly Speaker
CJA's December 11, 2014 ethics complaint to JCOPE
-- "RE:
Conflict of
Interest Ethics Complaint vs Governor Andrew Cuomo, Legislative Leaders, & JCOPE for
Violation of the Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011 Pertaining to the
Review Commission Statutorily-Required to be Appointed 'No later than June
1, 2014'”
Part DD of Budget
Bill S.2006-B/A.3006-B
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“Section
1. Section
21 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, relating to
establishing the public integrity reform
act of
2011, is amended to read
as follows:
S 21.
No later than [June 1,
2014] MAY 1, 2015, the governor [and], the [legislative leaders] TEMPORARY
PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE
AND THE SPEAKER
OF THE
ASSEMBLY shall jointly
appoint a review commission to review and evaluate the activities and
performance of the joint commission
on public
ethics and the legislative ethics commission in implementing the
provisions of this act. On or
before [March]
NOVEMBER 1, 2015, the
review commission shall report to the governor and the legislature on its
review and evaluation
which report
shall include
any administrative and
legislative
recommendations on
strengthening the administration and enforcement of the ethics law in
New York state. The review
commission shall be comprised of eight members and the governor [and], the
[legislative leaders] TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF
THE ASSEMBLY shall jointly designate a chair from among the members.
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2. This act shall take effect
immediately.”
CJA's June 18, 2015 letter to
JCOPE/LEC Review Commission --
CJA's October 12, 2015 e-mail to David Grandeau -- "RE: Your FOIL Request to the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission" (with cc's to Review Commission)
click here for: transcription of Elena Sassower's testimony
What was in those file folders that Elena Sassower handed up to the Commissioners before beginning her testimony?
(1)
CJA’s June
18, 2015 letter addressed to the members of the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission
(2)
CJA’s June 22, 2015 letter addressed to JCOPE,
LEC, the Governor, Legislative Leaders, and investigative and prosecutorial
authorities – to which the members of the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission were
recipients
link
(4)
CJA’s December 11, 2014 conflict-of-interest
ethics complaint, filed with JCOPE, against the Governor, Legislative
Leaders, and JCOPE, with its three enclosures: (1) CJA’s July 11, 2014
letter to the Governor & Legislative Leaders; (2) CJA’s July 18,
2014 letter to JCOPE; (3) the City Bar’s
July 9, 2014 letter to the Governor & Legislative Leaders – and JCOPE’s
December 16, 2014 acknowledgment letter
(5)
CJA’s December 12, 2014 conflict-of-interest
ethics complaint to LEC
(6)
CJA’s
November 8, 2011 Executive Summary of its October 27, 2011 Opposition Report
link AND what
further documents did Elena Sassower hand up during her testimony? (1) Chapter 567
of the Laws of 2010 establishing, every four years, a Commission on Judicial
Compensation
(2) the August 29, 2011 Final Report of the Commission on Judicial Compensation link (3) a full copy of CJA’s October 27, 2011 Opposition Report, including its two Compendia of Exhibits and the 2002 two final motions to the Court of Appeals in the Article 78 proceeding Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York link
(4) the first three pages – and four causes of
action – of the March 30, 2012 verified complaint in CJA's declaratory
judgment action Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc....on behalf of
the People of the State of New York & the Public Interest v. Cuomo,
Schneiderman, DiNapoli, Legislative Leaders, Legislature, Lippman, Unified
Court System & the State of NY
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PRESS COVERAGE
October 14, 2015: Karen DeWitt: "Witnesses testify of dysfunction on state ethics commission at public hearing", WRVO; & "Witnesses at Public Hearing Say Ethics Commission Not Living Up to Its Mission", WXXI, also; WXKG , North Country Radio; October 14, 2015: "JCOPE review chairman says he asked Cuomo for staff", Capital Confidential-Albany Times Union, Chris Bragg October 15, 2015: "Reform Proposals Fly as Panel Evaluates Ethics Watchdog", Gotham Gazette, Samar Khurshid
* * * CJA's POST-HEARING CORRESPONDENCE
CJA's October 19, 2015 FOIL/Records Request --
"RE: Is the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission Lawfully Constituted?"
JCOPE's First-Year Report
JCOPE's October 28, 2015 response
JCOPE's 2013 Annual Report
JCOPE's October 8, 2014 notice of motion to dismiss Trump
petition
November 21, 2014 affirmation of Trump Executive VP/General Counsel
February 11, 2015 decision in
Trump v. JCOPE
CJA's October 21, 2015 letter to JCOPE/LEC Review Commission --
CJA's October 22, 2015 letter to LEC -- "RE: FOIL/Records Request: Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission with a methodologically-sound review – LEC’s annual reports for 2013 and 2014 & website LEC's October 26, 2015 response CJA's October 26, 2015 letter to JCOPE -- "RE: FOIL/Records Request -- Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Commission with a methodologically-sound review: JCOPE's legislative recommendations"
IN
THE SENATE: (1) the six-member Senate Committee on Ethics (2) the nine-member Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
IN THE ASSEMBLY:
CJA's October 27, 2015 letter to JCOPE -- "RE: FOIL/Records Request -- Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Commission with a methodologically-sound review: JCOPE's written delegations of power to its executive director and, specifically, with respect to 15-day letters" City Bar/Common Cause Report - Hope for JCOPE JCOPE's November 5, 2015 response
CJA's August 30, 2018 FOIL/records request to JCOPE,
Governor, Legislature --
JCOPE
Governor
Senate
Assembly
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August 5,
May 22, 2019
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May 29, 2019
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