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THE PEOPLE FIGHT BACK...
Going Where the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption Did NOT:

 

JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS
(JCOPE)
born 2011, murdered 2022

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Gov. Cuomo's December 12, 2011 press release --
"Governor Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Appoint Members
to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics
"

Dec. 13, 2011 NYLJ  --
"DiFiore to Chair Joint Commission on Public Ethics"

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Executive Law §94

"What happens after a complaint is filed?"
print-outs (5/29/13; 10/18/15)
"Once the Commission has received a written sworn complaint that has been determined to conform to the Commission's complaint procedures and allege a violation of law under the Commission's jurisdiction, pursuant to Executive Law §94, the subject of a complaint (Respondent) will be notified that a complaint alleging certain violations has been received by the Commission and will be afforded 15 days to respond to the complaint..."



CJA's COMPLAINTS TO JCOPE

1.
CJA's June 27, 2013 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to JCOPE

"(1)   Conflict of interest ethics complaint against executive & legislative branch constitutional officers & employees whose grand larceny of the public fisc and other corrupt acts are particularized by CJA’s April 15, 2013 corruption complaint to U.S. Attorney Bharara;                
                   
(2)   Request for advisory opinion as to whether Senate and Assembly rules, vesting domineering powers in the Temporary Senate President and Assembly Speaker, create coercive and retaliatory conditions, substantially interfering with the ability of Senate and Assembly Members to discharge their constitutional duties, where doing so exposes the official misconduct of those leaders
"


2.
CJA's December 11, 2014 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to JCOPE & December 12, 2014 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to LEC --
"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'”

3.
CJA's August 31, 2020 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to JCOPE --
"Conflict of Interest Ethics Complaint vs SUNY’s Board of Trustees and its Other Officers & Staff for Violating Public Officers Law §74 in the Appointment of James Malatras as SUNY Chancellor – & in Perpetuating SUNY’s False, Deficient & Non-Existent Scholarship on the New York State Constitution and New York State Governance"

4.
CJA's March 5, 2021 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to JCOPE
& LEC
--

  (1) Conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint vs Governor Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor Hochul, Attorney General James, Comptroller DiNapoli, and all 213 state legislators, starting with Temporary Senate President Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie for their Public Officers Law §74 violations in perpetuating statutorily-violative, fraudulent, and unconstitutional pay raises for themselves and other self-serving violations of their offices, as particularized, with EVIDENCE, by 62 grand jury/public corruption complaints filed with New York’s 62 district attorneys – most importantly with Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares; (2) NOTICE OF INTENT to bring mandamus/Article 78 proceeding"

5.
CJA's November 24, 2021 complaint to JCOPE --

"Conflict-of-interest ethics complaint against the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct for violations of Public Officers Law §74 in dismissing CJA’s February 7, 2021 judicial misconduct complaint pertaining to the citizen-taxpayer action CJA v. Cuomo…Schneiderman…DiFiore and with respect to CJA’s April 26, 2021 'further and supplementing' judicial misconduct complaint pertaining to the citizen-taxpayer action Delgado v. State of New York"

6.
CJA's December 17, 2021 complaint to JCOPE --
"
Conflict-of-interest ethics complaint against legislators and legislative employees for subverting the Legislative Ethics Commission to insulate themselves from complaints"

7.
CJA's April 13, 2022 complaint to JCOPE --
(1) Conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint vs Governor Hochul, Temporary Senate President Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie, the 211 other state legislators – and their culpable staff, including Division of the Budget Director Mujica – for their Public Officers Law §74 violations pertaining to the FY2022-23 state budget, and, in particular, pertaining to their repeal and elimination of JCOPE by Part QQ of Education, Labor, Housing, and Family Assistance Budget Bill S.8006-C/A.9006-C and their larceny of taxpayer monies by Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill S.8001-A/A.9001-A;  (2) Supplement to CJA’s December 17, 2021 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint vs legislators and legislative employees pertaining to the Legislative Ethics Commission (JCOPE #21-244).

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click here for:
2015 -- 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

 

WHAT A METHODOLOGICALLY-SOUND REVIEW OF JCOPE
WOULD LOOK LIKE

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click here for:
The Fraud & Posturing of the Senate Committee on Ethics & Internal Goverance by its 2021 public hearings on "New York State's System of Ethics Oversight and Enforcement"

Good Gov't Groups, JCOPE, & Ethics Reform

press -- JCOPE

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click here for:
June 6, 2022 -- D-DAY plus 78 years
CJA's lawsuit
vs JCOPE, LEC, NYS-IG
& the statewide & state legislative electeds they have "protected"

HOCHUL, STEWART-COUSINS, SENATE, HEASTIE, ASSEMBLY,
JAMES, DiNAPOLI

click here for:
Commission on Ethics & Lobbying in Government (CELG)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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