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Governor George Pataki
 

                 

SEE:   CHRONOLOGICAL PAPER TRAIL OF INTERACTION -- 1996-2003

 

See, in particular, CJA's May 6, 1999 & February 23, 2000 letters
transmitting the record of Article 78 proceedings against the Commission on Judicial Condcut

 

 



CJA's Challenges to Pataki's Lower Court Appointments:

 

 

NICHOLAS COLABELLA -- Appellate Division, 1st Dept.

Elevation of Supreme Court Justices to the Appellate Division

Designation of Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, 1st Dept.

ANDREW O'ROURKE -- Appointment to the Court of Claims

JUANITA BING NEWTON -- Reappointment to Court of Claims

WILLIAM A. WETZEL -- Reappointment to the Court of Claims

JAMES J. LACK -- Appointment to the Court of Claims

KENNETH RUDOLPH

 

 

CJA's Challenges to Pataki's Court of Appeals Appointments:

 ALBERT M. ROSENBLATT - 1998 

VICTORIA A. GRAFFEO - 2000


SUSAN P. READ - 2003

ROBERT S. SMITH - 2004

EUGENE F. PIGOTT, JR. - 2006

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Freedom of Information Law & Other Informational Requests
Pertaining to Governor Pataki's Judicial Appointments
& the Judicial Appointments Process

See:    Test Cases - State (Commission)
   
Correspondence -- NYS Ethics Commission



CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint against Governor Pataki, filed with NYS Ethics Commission
                  Ex. A:  Public Officers Law
                  Ex. B:  Transcript, 1/27/99, Eliot Spitzer, event sponsored by NYLJ & City Bar
                  Ex. C:  "Spitzer Claims Victory: And Now, the Litigation", NYLJ, 11/20/98
                  Ex. D: "Republicans Get a Pass From Spitzer -- for Now", NY Observer, 2/8/99
                 
Ex. E:  "FREE-FOR-ALL: A special report: ALBANY IS FAILING IN EFFORT TO LIMIT

                              CAMPAIGN DONORS", NYT, 12/28/98

 

CJA's September 15, 1999 supplemental ethics complaint against Governor Pataki, filed with NYS Ethics Commission
           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", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ 8/27/97
           Ex. G-2: "Assistants' Lapses Not Tolerated by Vacco", NYLJ, letter 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 September 7, 1999 criminal complaint against Governor Pataki, filed with U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch
           Ex. A:  "Widening Inquiry On Pataki Donors And Parole Board", NYT, 8/19/99
           Ex. B-1:  Inventory to CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint
           Ex. B-2:  Inventory of record of Article 78 proceeding
           Ex. B-3:  Inventory of FOIL correspondence with Gov. Pataki's office
           Ex. C-1: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", NYT, letter to editor, 11/16/96
           Ex. C-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
           Ex. C-3: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
           Ex. C-4: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals", NY Post, letter to editor, 12/18/98
           Ex. C-5: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ, letter to editor, 8/14/95
           Ex. C-6: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", NYT, ad, 10/26/94
           Ex. D:  CJA's April 23, 1999 letter to Ethics Commission
           Ex. E-1: "Corruption fighter tackles double-dipping probe", Middletown Times Herald Record, 8/15/99
           Ex. E-2:  "Spitzer Sets Up Unit to Investigate Both State and Local Corruption", NYT, 8/19/99
          
Ex. E-3: "Mirror, Mirror", NYDaily News, editorial, 8/29/99


 click here for continuation:
CJA's 1999-2000 corruption complaints
to U.S. Attorney Lynch


 

 

 


 

 

 

 


                                                 

 

 

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