EVIDENTIARY WEBPAGE

The Delayed & Sham JCOPE/LEC REVIEW COMMISSION,
whose website, nyethics review.org, is GONE,
along with the VIDEO of its one & only hearing
& its cover-up November 1, 2015 report
(see below August 30, 2018 FOIL)

1.
2014 CORRESPONDENCE
pertaining to non-appointment
of JCOPE/LEC Review Commission

CJA's July 11, 2014 letter to the "Three Men in the Room" --
Governor, Temporary Senate President, & Assembly Speaker --
"Getting to First Base in Achieving 'the Dream of Honest Government'"
         (1) Rectifying your violation of “The Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011” by appointing the review committee to evaluate JCOPE that you were required to appoint “No later than June 1, 2014”;
        (2) Making public your “written response”, if any, to CJA’s June 27, 2013 ethics complaint against you, filed with JCOPE              [transmitting e-mail  & here]

 
CJA's July 18, 2014 letter to JCOPE --
"The Record of JCOPE’s Handling of Complaints:       
     (1)  Status of CJA’s June 27, 2013 ethics complaint;
     (2)  Rectifying your violation of Executive Law §94.9(l)(i) ('The Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011') by supplementing your 2012 and 2013 annual reports with the statutorily-required list of assigned numbers for each complaint and referral, including the status of each complaint."
   

CJA's December 11, 2014 ethics complaint to JCOPE --
"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'”

2.
2015 CORRESPONDENCE to JCOPE/LEC Review Commission,
Prior to its October 14, 2015 Hearing

CJA's June 18, 2015 letter to JCOPE/LEC Review Commission --
"Ensuring Honest Review by the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission:
(1) Your Methodology for Reviewing and Evaluating the Joint Commission on Public Ethics & Legislative Ethics Commission -- Including Public Hearings; (2) Your Protocol with Respect to Conflicts of Interest"

CJA's June 22, 2015 letter to JCOPE/LEC & Public Officers --
"Enabling Honest Review by the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission:  Rectifying JCOPE’s violations of Executive Law §94.9(l)(i) by furnishing the statutorily-required yearly 'listing of assigned numbers of each complaint and referral received…including the status of each complaint'”

CJA's September 28, 2015 e-mail --
"Request to testify at October 14, 2015 public hearing
of the 'New York Ethics Review Commission'"

CJA's October 7, 2015 e-mail --
"Again -- Request to testify at October 14, 2015 public hearing
of the 'New York Ethics Review Commission'"
(with cc's to Review Commission)

October 7, 2015 e-mail response from Commission Coordinator --
"Again -- Request to testify at October 14, 2015 public hearing
of the 'New York Ethics Review Commission'"

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CJA's October 12, 2015 e-mail to David Grandeau --
"Your FOIL Request to the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission"
(with cc's to Review Commission)

-- cited October 5, 2015 blog

November 3, 2015 "A happy ending to the JERK-OFF review commission"

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3.
October 14, 2015 First & Only Public Hearing

MISSING VIDEO
[see August 30, 2018 FOIL request below]

CJA's own transcription of CJA director's testimony
from the VIDEO that had been posted
(at 0:44:06 minutes - 1:11:15 hours) 

click here for:
The contents of the file folders
that CJA's Director handed up before beginning her testimony
& the further documents she handed up during her testimony

Other witness presentations

4.
CJA's Post-Hearing Submissions

CJA's October 21, 2015 letter to JCOPE/LEC Review Commission --
"Bringing the Commission's Website Out of Hiding"
[transmitting e-mail to Review Commission members]

                   screenshot of JCOPE/LEC Review Commission website
                    "A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.tex
                                                     -- learn more"

CJA's FOIL REQUESTS

#1:  
CJA's October 19, 2015 FOIL Request
to Governor, Senate & Assembly --
"Is the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission Lawfully Constituted?"
[transmitting e-mail to Review Commission members & here]

Senate's October 26, 2015 response
 
Assembly's October 26, 2015 response

Governor
October 26, 2015 acknowledgment
November 24, 2015 extension letter
December 23, 2015 letter  enclosure

#2:
CJA's October 21, 2015 FOIL Request to JCOPE --
"Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission with a methodologically-sound review: 
(1) JCOPE’s 'internal procedures for intake and review of all tips and complaints';
(2) JCOPE's 'case management system'"
[transmitting e-mail to Review Commission members]   

  JCOPE's First-Year Report  
JCOPE's 2012 Annual Report  
     JCOPE's February 2015 Report

      Executive Law §94  Legislative Law §80  State Administrative Procedure Act

        JCOPE's October 28, 2015 response

#3:
CJA's October 21, 2015 FOIL Request to JCOPE --
"Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission with a methodologically-sound review:
litigations against JCOPE, such as brought by Donald Trump"
[transmitting e-mail to Review Commission members]   

JCOPE's 2013 Annual Report
JCOPE's 2014 Annual Report

#4:
CJA's October 22, 2015 FOIL Request to LEC --
"FOIL/Records Request:
Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission with a methodologically-sound review –
LEC’s annual reports for 2013 and 2014 & website
[transmitting e-mail to Review Commission members]   

LEC's October 26, 2015 response

#5:
CJA's October 26, 2015 FOIL Request to JCOPE --
"FOIL/Records Request -- Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission
with a methodologically-sound review: JCOPE's legislative recommendations"
[transmitting e-mail to Review Commission members]   

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:
               (1)     the eight-member Assembly Committee on Ethics and Guidance
               (2)     the fourteen-member Assembly Committee on Governmental Operations
               (3)     the seven-member Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis, & Investigation

JCOPE's November 2, 2015 response

 
#6:
CJA's October 27, 2015 FOIL Request to JCOPE --
"Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review 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

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October 28, 2015 e-mail from Division of the Budget --
"Phone inquiry re: JCOPE"

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CJA's August 30, 2018 FOIL Request
to JCOPE, Governor, Legislature --
"JCOPE/LEC Review Commission Report
(Part DD of Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Budget Bill S.2006-B/A-3006-B)"

JCOPE's September 13, 2018 response 
enclosure: November 1, 2015 "Review Commission" Report
enclosure-minutes

Senate's September 7, 2018 response   enclosure-report

Assembly's September 6, 2018 response   enclosure-report

Governor's September 7, 2018 acknowledgment
October 9, 2018 response

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PRESS COVERAGE OCTOBER 14, 2015 HEARING

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)

 click here for more:  PRESS IN ACTION

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May 4, 2015 Touro Law School Anouncement

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Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE)

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Legislative Ethics Commission (LEC)