|
|
NYS Ethis Commission 1992-2001
1992
NJC's
February 5, 1992 letter to Temporary Commission on Local Government Ethics
(1)
Doris Sassower's
October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
--
3-year judge-trading deal
--
"Cross-Endorsement:
Questions of Protection", ltr to the editor, Doris Sassower,
NYT, June 9, 1991
--
"Judicial
Selection Panels: An Exercise in Futility", column by Doris
Sassower, NYLJ, October 22, 1971
-- Doris
Sassower's Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory listing, 1989
(2)
Doris Sassower's
October 31, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
(3)
Doris Sassower's
December 19, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
--
Judge Kahn's
October 16, 1990 decision in
Castracan v. Colavita
--
affidavit of Professor Vincent Bonelli, sworn to
October 14, 1990
--
eyewitness affidavit of Eli Vigliano, Esq., sworn to
October 14, 1990
--
eyewitness affirmation of David Cohen, Esq., dated
October 5, 1990.
Temporary Commission's
February 14, 1992 letter
Temporary Commission's
February 24, 1992 letter
NJC's
March 9, 1992 fax to Temporary Commission on Local Government Ethics
NJC's
March 9, 1992 fax to Temporary Commission on Local Government Ethics
Temporary Commission on Local Government Ethics Commission's
March 10, 1992
letter to NYS Ethics Commission
NYS
Ethics Commission's April 1, 1992 letter
NYS
Ethics Commission's December 30, 1992 letter, signed by Executive Director Thea
Hoeth
1993
NJC's January
5, 1993
letter to Executive Director Thea Hoeth
(indicated copies to Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman G.
Oliver Koppell; Assembly Election Law Committee Chairman Eric Vitaliano)
Ex. A; NYS Election Law 3-102, 3-104
Ex. B: NJC's
February 5, 1992 letter to Temporary Commission,
with enclosures
(1)
Doris Sassower's
October 24, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
--
3-year judge-trading deal
--
"Cross-Endorsement:
Questions of Protection", letter to the editor, D. Sassower,
NYT, June 9, 1991
--
"Judicial
Selection Panels: An Exercise in Futility", column by D.
Sassower, NYLJ, October 22, 1971
-- Doris
Sassower's Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory listing, 1989
(2)
Doris Sassower's
October 31, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
(3)
Doris Sassower's
December 19, 1991 letter to Governor Cuomo
--
Judge Kahn's
October 16, 1990 decision in
Castracan v. Colavita
--
affidavit of Professor Vincent Bonelli, sworn to
October 14, 1990
--
eyewitness affidavit of Eli Vigliano, Esq., sworn to
October 14, 1990
--
eyewitness affirmation of David Cohen, Esq., dated
October 5, 1990.
Ex. C:
Itemization of documents from transmitted file --
Castracan v.
Colavita
Ex. D: Thea Hoeth's 12/30/92 letter
Ex. E: Public Officers Law Sec. 74
NJC's February 1,
1993
letter to Executive Director Thea Hoeth
transmitting a copy of
Election Law cases:
Castracan v. Colavita
& Sady v. Murphy
Thea
Hoeth's March 3, 1993 letter
NJC's August 25,
1993
letter to Executive Director Hoeth, enclosing August 24, 1994 ltr to Counsel,
Senate Judiciary Committee
(indicated copies to Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman
Koppell, Assembly Election Law Committee Chairman Vitaliano)
Executive Director Thea Hoeth's
November 26, 1993 letter
1994
CJA's April 8, 1994
letter to Executive Director Thea Hoeth
(indicated copies to A.G. Koppell, Assembly Judiciary Chairwoman
Weinstein, Assembly Election Law Committee Chairman Vitaliano)
Ex. 1:
Thea Hoeth's November 26, 1993 letter
Ex 2:
NJC's 2/5/92 ltr to Temporary Commission on Local Government Ethics
Ex. 3:
Thea Hoeth's December 30, 1992 letter
Ex. 4:
NJC's January 5, 1993 letter
Ex. 5:
NJC's August 25, 1993 letter
Executive Director Richard Rifkin's
April 19, 1994 letter
May
10, 1994
letter of Walter Ayres, Director of Communications/Ethics Commission
(cc)
NJC's
May 17, 1994 letter to Jerry Koenig, Programs Analyst/Assembly
Election Law Committee
(indicated copies to NYS Ethics Commission-Executive Director Rifkin,
Assembly Judiciary Committee (Patricia Gorman-Legislative Assistant))
Communications Director Walter Ayres'
June 8, 1994 letter
1995
CJA's March
22, 1995 ethics complaint against NYS
Commission on Judicial Conduct
-- enclosing:
CJA's
March 10, 1995 judicial misconduct complaint to the Commission on
Judicial Conduct vs Justices of the Appellate
Division, 2nd Dept. -- &, particularly, William Thompson, the Commission on Judicial Conduct's
highest-ranking judicial member
(indicated copies to
NY Post, NYS Ethics Commission, Manhattan District Attorney, Brooklyn
District Attorney)
Ex.
A: "Who
judges the judges?", NYPost, 3/7/95
Ex. B-1: Doris
Sassower's January 22, 1993 letter to Commission
Ex. B-2: Doris
Sassower's June 8, 1993 fax to Commission
Ex. C-1:
Commission's December 13, 1994 letter
Ex. C-2:
Commission's January 24, 1995 letter
Ex. D: CJA's
December 15, 1994 ltr to Commission
Ex. E: Commission's
January 13, 1995 letter
Ex. F: CJA's
January 19, 1995 letter
***
transmitting copy of
complaints/correspondence with
Commission on Judicial Conduct
April 4, 1995 letter from Ethics Commission Counsel
CJA's April 6,
1995 letter to Associate Counsel
ARTICLE 78 PROCEEDING --
DORIS L. SASSOWER v. COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, with NOTICE
TO ETHICS COMMISSION OF RIGHT TO SEEK INTERVENTION, 4/10/95
Exhibit A:
October 26, 1994 ad-complaint, "Where Do You Go When
Judges Break the Law?"
Exhibit B-1: Martindale-Hubbell law listing, 1989
Exhibit B-2: Elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation,
1989
Exhibit C:
October 5, 1989 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit D: October
24, 1991 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit E: January
2, 1992 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit F: December
4, 1992 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit G: September
19, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit H:
October 5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit I: October
26, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit J: December
5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
Exhibit K: Commission acknowledgment letters
Exhibit L: Commission dismissal letters
Exhibit M:
January 22, 1993 ltr to Commission
Exhibit N:
May 20, 1986 judicial misconduct complaint
Executive Director Richard Rifkin's
May 2, 1995 letter to
Doris Sassower
CJA's
May 9, 1995 fax to Executive Director Richard Rifkin
CJA's
September 8, 1995 letter to Associate Counsel
CJA's
September 14, 1995 supplemental complaint against Commission on Judicial
Conduct, complaint against Attorney General, & request for Ethics
Commission intervention
(indicated copies to Assembly Judiciary Committee, Committee
on Open Government, Commission on Judicial Conduct, A.G.)
Ex. C:
law review article by Gerald Stern, pp. 303-305
Ex. F:
May 22, 1995
ltr from Asst. A.G. to Judge Herman Cahn
Ex. G: NYS Ethics
Commission's bio of Richard Rifkin
transmitted
file of Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct
Executive Director Richard Rifkin's
October 3, 1995 letter
Associate Counsel's
October 6, 1995 letter
CJA's
October 13, 1995 fax to Associate Counsel, transmitting pages from 1994
Report of the NYS Committee on Open Government to the Governor &
Legislature
1996
CJA's January 24,
1995 letter to Executive Director
Richard Rifkin
(indicated copies to Assembly Judiciary Committee, Committee on
Open Government, Commission on Judicial Conduct, A.G.)
Ex. A:
May 10, 1994 letter
from Ethics Commission's Communications Director
Ex. B: Executive Law
Ex. C: previously-faxed
pages from 1994 Report of NYS Committee on Open Government
Ex. D: cert petition in Article
78 proceeding Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al.
Ex. E: service of
complaint in federal action Doris L. Sassower v Mangano,
et al, upon A.G.
Ex. F: A.G.'s
November 2, 1994 letter
to Doris Sassower in Doris L. Sassower v. Mangano, et al
Executive Director Richard Rifkin's
February 29, 1996 letter
CJA's April
24, 1996 letter to Executive Director Richard Rifkin
-- "RE: Our right to review by the Ethics Commissioners"
(indicated copies to Assembly Judiciary Committee, Committee on
Open Government, Commission on Judicial Conduct, A.G.)
Ex. A: Rifkin's
February 29, 1996 letter
Ex. B: CJA's
May 9, 1995 fax to
Rifkin
Ex. C: Rifkin's
April 19, 1994 letter
Ex. D: CJA's May
17, 1994 letter to
Jerry Koenig, Programs Analyst/Assembly Election Law Committee
May 28, 1996 letter from Ethics Commission Chairman
Joseph Bress
1997
CJA's
April 11, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission member Reverend Robert E.
Eggenschiller -- "RE: The New York State Ethics Commission"
(indicated copies to the Ethics Commissioners Constanza, Odell,
Brewster)
CJA's
April 15, 1997 letter to Walter Ayres, Ethics Commission's Public Information
Officer
CJA's
April 15, 1997 letter to Gov. Pataki
CJA's
May 5, 1997notice-challenge -- RE: File of Article 78 proceeding,
Doris
L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct, N.Y. Co. Clerk #95-109141"
Ex. A-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's
ltr to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
Ex. A-2: "A
Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
Ex. B: CJA's
3-page analysis of the fraudulent judicial decision in
Doris L.
Sassower v.
Commission, with annexed law: 22 NYCRR 7000.1 et seq., Judiciary Law
44.1,
NYS Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 22
CJA's
June 9, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission members -- "RE: Agenda
Item: Your Failure to Respond to CJA's April 11th Letter"
(indicated copies to Thomas Dougherty, Appointments Secretary to Governor
Pataki, Association of the Bar of the City of NY: Committee on Judicial
Conduct, NY media)
Ex. A: Gov.
Pataki's press release announcing Shechtman's appointment to Ethics
Commission
& NYLJ item, 5/1/97
Ex. B:
CJA's June 11, 1996 letter to Senators
Ex. C:
CJA's May 5, 1997 notice-memo to Gov. Pataki,
et al
Ex. D: CJA's testimony at City Bar's
May 14, 1997 public hearing on
Commission on Judicial Conduct
CJA's June 10, 1997 letter to Walter Ayres, Public Information Officer
(indicated copies to Ethics Commissioners)
CJA's
December 16, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission members-- "RE: Agenda
Items for the December 17, 1997 Meeting and Supplement to our Complaint
against the New York State Attorney General, filed September 14, 1995"
(indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, A.G. Vacco, Ethics member
Reverend Eggenschiller)
Ex. A: CJA's
June 10, 1997 & April 15, 1997 letters
to Walter Ayres, Public Information Officer
Ex. B: CJA's
December 15, 1997 letter to
Paul Shechtman
Ex. C: "Restraining
'Liars in the Courtroom" and on the Public Payroll", CJA ad, NYLJ,
8/27/97
1999
CJA's
March 26, 1999 complaint to Ethics Commission
-- "RE:
NEWLY-INITIATED ETHICS COMPLAINTS: (1) against the Ethics Commissioners and,
particularly Ethics Chairman Paul Shechtman; (2) against former Ethics
Commission Executive Director, now Deputy Attorney General Richard Rifkin;
(3) against Governor George Pataki; (4) against the NYS Commission on
Judicial Nomination; (5) against Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, personally;
AND SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO CJA's March 22, 1995 ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST NYS
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT"
(indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, A.G. Spitzer,
Commission on Judicial Nomination, Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Ex. A: Public Officers Law
Ex. B: Transcript,
January 27, 1999 event sponsored by NYLJ &
City Bar for Eliot Spitzer
Ex. C: "Spitzer Claims Victory: And Now, the Litigation", NYLJ,
November 20, 1998
Ex. D: "Republicans Get a Pass From Spitzer -- for Now", NY Observer,
February 8, 1999
Ex. E: "FREE-FOR-ALL: A special report: ALBANY IS FAILING IN EFFORT TO
LIMIT CAMPAIGN DONORS", NYT December 28, 1998
CJA's April
23, 1999 letter to Ethics Commission
ENCLOSING:
NOTICE OF ITS RIGHT TO
SEEK INTERVENTION in Article 78 proceeding Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for
Judicial Accountability, Inc, acting pro bono public v. Commission on Judicial
Conduct of the State of New York,
4/22/99
Exhibit A: CJA's
May 5, 1997 memorandum-notice, with 3-page analysis of the
fraudulent judicial
decision
in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission
on Judicial Conduct
Exhibit B: CJA's public interest ad, "Restraining 'Liars in the
Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll"
(NYLJ,
8/27/97, pp. 3-4)
Exhibit C-1: CJA's
October 6, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint, filed with
Commission on
Judicial Conduct [Commission]
Exhibit C-2: CJA's
October 5, 1998 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Exhibit D-1: CJA's
November 3, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit D-2: Commission's
November 3, 1998 letter to CJA
Exhibit E: CJA's
November 18, 1998 letter to City Bar
Exhibit F-1: Commission's
December 2, 1998 letter to CJA
Exhibit F-2: CJA's
December 10, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit F-3: Commission's
December 23, 1998 letter to CJA
Exhibit F-4: CJA's
December 29, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit F-5: Commission's
January 25, 1999 letter to CJA
Exhibit F-6: CJA's
February 3, 1998 letter to Commission
Exhibit F-7: Commission's
February 5, 1999 letter to CJA
Exhibit G: CJA's
March 11, 1999 letter to Commission
Exhibit H: pp. 368-72 of NYS Assembly Judiciary Committee's
September 22, 1987
public hearing on
the Commission
CJA's
September 15, 1999 complaint to Ethics Commission -- "RE: (1)
Supplement to CJA's March 26th ethics complaint; (2) Intervention in the
Article 78 Proceeding,
Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for
Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting Pro Bono Publico against Commission on
Judicial Conduct of the State of New York
(NY Co. #99-108551); (3)
Notification to the Court in the Article 78 proceeding of the Ethics
Commission's intentions with respect to the September 1, 1999 letter of
David Nocenti, Counsel to Attorney General Spitzer"
(indicated copies to U.S. Attorney-EDNY, Gov. Pataki, A.G.
Spitzer, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Commission on Judicial Nomination)
Ex. A: Gov Pataki's
September 1, 1999 appointment of Millane to Ethics Commission
Ex. B: CJA's
April 15, 1997 letter to Gov. Pataki
Ex. C: Gov Pataki's appointment of Shectman to Ethics Commission
Ex. D: CJA's
June 9, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission
Ex. E: Gov. Pataki's appointment of Shectman to Ethics Commission
Ex. F: CJA's
April 23, 1999 letter to Ethics Commission
Ex. G-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll",
NYLJ, ad, 8/27/97
Ex. G-2: "Assistants' Lapses Not Tolerated by Vacco", NYLJ, ltr to
editor, 5/16/97
Ex.
H-1: CJA's September 19, 1995 letter to A.G. Vacco
Ex. H-2: CJA's
January 13, 1998 letter to A.G. Vacco
Ex. I-1:
September 1, 1999 letter from A.G. Spitzer's Counsel to Sassower
Ex. I-2: CJA's
August 6, 1999 letter to A.G. Spitzer's Counsel
CJA's October
27, 1999
complaint to Ethics Commission -- "RE: Agenda of the October 27,
1999 meeting of the Ethics Commissioners: (1) Second Supplement to CJA's
March 26, 1999 ethics complaint against the Ethics Commissioners; (2) New
ethics complaint against the NYS Attorney General and NYS Commission on
Judicial Conduct; (3) Duty to intervene in the Article 78 proceeding,
Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability,
Inc., acting pro bono publico, against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the
State of New York (NY Co. #99-108551) -- and to inform the Court as to
the status of CJA's September 15, 1999 supplement relating to the litigation
misconduct of the NYS Attorney General and NYS Commission on Judicial
Conduct therein"
(indicated copies to Commission on Judicial Conduct,
A.G. Spitzer, U.S. Attorneys-EDNY & SDNY, Manhattan D.A.)
2000
cc: CJA's February
7, 2000 notice
(addressed to A.G. Spitzer, Commission on
Judicial Conduct,
with indicated copies to Ethics
Commission & Gov. Pataki,
Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorneys-SDNY/EDNY, Judge Wetzel, Administrative Judge Crane)
CJA's February 25, 2000 notice
to Ethics Commission
(also addressed to A.G., Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY, with
indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, U.S. Attorney-EDNY, Commission
on Judicial Conduct, Chief Judge Kaye, Administrative Judge
Crane, Judge Wetzel, City Bar, Patricia Salkin/Director-Gov't
Law Center/Albany Law School, media)
TRANSMITTING copy of:
CJA's February 23, 2000 letter to
Governor Pataki
Ex. A: CJA's
February 7, 2000 letter to Nan Weiner
Ex. B-1: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate",
CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ, August 14, 1995
Ex. B-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's
$1,648 ad, NYLJ, November 20, 1997
Ex. B-3: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on
the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997
Ex. C: computerized court record of
Elena Ruth
Sassower v. Commission and recusal orders of 5 justices
Ex. D: statement of former Bronx Surrogate Bertram
Gelfand at the City Bar's public hearing on the Commission
Ex. E: CJA's
January 7, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Ex. A: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", letter to
editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex. B-1: CJA's
July 25, 1997 letter to James Gill,
Chairman/1st Dept Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. B-2-6:
follow-up faxes to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. C-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public
Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ,
August 27, 1997
Ex. C-2: NYLJ item,
September 22, 1997
Ex. D: NYLJ item,
December 26, 1997
Ex. E: receipted 1st page of CJA's
December 29, 1997
memo to members of State Judicial Screening
Committee
Ex. F: pp. 5-13 of the transcript of the
May 17, 1999
proceeding before Justice Lebedeff
Ex. G: pp. 8-17, 22-23 of the transcript of the
June 14, 1999
court conference before Justice Zweibel
Ex. H: transcript of the
October 8, 1999 proceeding
before Justice Zweibel
Ex. I: "Pols Rule Courtrooms: Acting Judges
Owe Their Jobs to Pataki, Rudy", NYDaily News, January 18, 2000
Ex. J: Kamau Bey's
May 27, 1999, June 25, 1999, and July 23, 1999
judicial misconduct complaints against
Justice Wetzel &Commission acknowledgment & dismissal letters
Ex. K: "Observers Say Judge Doomed Defense", NY
Post, April 17, 1998, "Wacko Wetzel Left Oliver's Lawyer
Defenseless",
NYPost May 30, 1998, "Cybersex Defense Wants Trial Halted", NY Daily News,
March 24, 1998, "Defense in Sexual Torture
Case Says Court Let the Accuser Lie", NYT,
March 24, 1998, "Oliver Jovanovic:
First Sacrifice of the Digital Age", La
Journada, May 19, 1998
CJA's March 17, 2000 transmittal memo to Ethics
Commission
(also addressed to A.G. Spitzer, Manhattan
D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY)
-- transmitting copies of:
(1) CJA's
March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Ex. A:
pages from Chief Judge Kaye's January 10, 2000 "State of the Judiciary
Address"
Ex. B:
exchange of correspondence between Kamau Bey & Chief Judge
Kaye's office
(2)
CJA's March 3, 2000 complaint against Judges Wetzel & Crane
(3)
CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to Manhattan D.A.
Ex.
A-1: CJA's October 29, 1999 letter
Ex.
A-2: D.A.'s October 29, 1999 letter to CJA
Ex.
A-3: CJA's November 4, 1999 letter
(4)
CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney/SDNY
(5)
CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney/EDNY
Ex. A-1:
"Fund-Raiser For Pataki Faces Charges", NYT, December
16, 1999
Ex. A-2:
"Watch Out For the Feds", Empire State Report,
September 1999
Ex. A-3:
"Pataki's 1994 Fund-Raising Is Under Investigation", NYT,
January 21, 1998
Ex. A-4:
CJA's February 12, 1998 fax to Walter Ayres, Public Information Officer/NYS Ethics
Commission
Ex. B-1:
1998 Report to Congress: Activities & Operations of the Public
Integrity Section, pp. 1-2
Ex. B-2:
28 USC Sec. 528
CJA's
April 24, 2000 transmittal memo to Ethics Commission
(also addressed to Gov. Pataki, A.G. Spitzer, Chief Judge
Kaye, Commission on Judicial Conduct, D.A. Morgenthau, U.S.
Attorneys White & Lynch, Special Inspector
General Spatz)
-- transmitting copies of:
(1) CJA's
April 18, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Ex. A:
March 27, 2000 letter from Michael Colodner, Counsel/Unified Court System
Ex. B:
Chief Administrative Judge's 1998 report, pp. 45-6, 57
Ex. C-1: CJA's March 3, 2000 judicial misconduct complaint vs. Judges Wetzel &
Crane
Ex.
C-2: Commission's March 7, 2000 acknowledgment letter
Ex.
C-3: Commission's April 6, 2000 dismissal letter
(2)
CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to Commission on Judicial Conduct
(3) CJA's
April 24, 2000 letter to Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau
(4)
CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney White
(5)
CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney Lynch
2001
CJA's March 27,
2001
letter to Ethics Commission -- "RE: Agenda of the April 3, 2002
meeting of the Ethics Commissioners: (1) Inaction on CJA's ethics complaints
- born of the Ethics Commissioners' disqualifying conflicts of interest; (2)
Request for intervention in the appeal of 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 (NY Co. #99-108551), now pending in the
Appellate Division, First Department"
SEE:
transmitting appellate brief & appendix in
Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission
|
|
|
|
