ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

2013 -2017   Helene Weinstein, Chair

(21 members -- Assembly Rule IV, §1a)
Stipends -- Chair $18,000; Ranking Member: $11,000

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 "The Committee also shares budgetary oversight of the Office of Court Administration
and the Department of Law with the Assembly Ways and Means Committee."

 

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1992-1993 -- Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair G. Oliver Koppell

1994-2003 -- Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair Helene Weinstein

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2013
CHAIR: Helene Weinstein, ESQ.
RANKING MEMBER:  Tom McKevitt, ESQ./Tony Jordan, ESQ.

MEMBERS: Edward Braunstein, ESQ., David Buchwald, ESQ., Jeffrey Dinowitz, ESQ., Edward Hennessey,
Charles Lavine, ESQ., Daniel O'Donnell, ESQ., Dan Quart, ESQ., Sean Ryan, ESQ., Aravella Simotas, ESQ.,
Phil Steck, ESQ., Michele Titus, ESQ., Matthew Titone, ESQ., David Weprin, ESQ., Kenneth Zebrowski, ESQ./
William Barclay, ESQ., Al Graf, ESQ., Chad Lupinacci, ESQ., Michael Montesano, ESQ., Claudia Tenney, ESQ.

 

[2013 LEGISLATIVE SESSION]

CJA's January 30, 2013 letter to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member Tom McKevitt --
"February 6, 2013 Joint Legislative Hearing on 'Public Protection':
The Legislature’s Mandatory Duty to Override the Judiciary’s Request for “funding for the next phase of the judicial salary increase”, in Discharge of its Checks-and-Balance Constitutional Function"

 

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CJA's testimony at Legislature's February 6, 2013 budget hearing

 

CJA's February 27, 2013 e-mail to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member McKevitt --
"Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the February 6, 2013 Opposition Testimony to the Judiciary Budget
& Judicial Pay Raises"

 

CJA's March 4, 2013 e-mail to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member McKevitt --
"Assembly Judiciary Committee: Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the February 6, 2013 Opposition Testimony to the Judiciary Budget & Judicial Pay Raises"

 

CJA's March 15, 2013 e-mail ALERT to ALL Senate & Assembly Members --
"Is the Judiciary Budget a 'Slush Fund'?"

 

CJA's March 18, 2013 letter to ALL Senate and Assembly Members --
"The People's Right to Know the Dollar Cost of the Judiciary Budget & of the Appropriations Bill for the Judiciary"     transmitting e-mail/fax receipts

 

CJA's March 26, 2013 letter to ALL Assembly Members --
"Why You Must Reject A.3001 -- The Appropriations Bill for the Judiciary"
        TRANSMITTING E-MAIL TO ALL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

 

CJA's May 7 and May 22, 2013 letters to ALL the Legislators --
"DOING YOUR PART TO END PUBLIC CORRUPTION"

CJA's December 11, 2013 letter to Governor Cuomo &...Chair Weinstein --
"SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC PURSE FROM JUDICIAL FRAUD & LARCENY:  
Your Constitutional & Statutory Duty to Reject the Entirety of the Judiciary’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, Over & Beyond its Concealed, Unitemized Third Phase of the Judicial Salary Increase that Will Otherwise Take Effect, Automatically, on April 1, 2014" 

CJA's December 17, 2013 e-mail to Chair Weinstein --
"The Judiciary's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2014-2015: Safeguarding the Public Purse
from Judicial Fraud & Larceny"

 

2014
CHAIR: Helene Weinstein, ESQ.
RANKING MEMBER: Michael Montesano, ESQ.

MEMBERS:  Edward Braunstein, ESQ., David Buchwald, ESQ., Jeffrey Dinowitz, ESQ., Edward Hennessey,
Charles Lavine, ESQ., Daniel O'Donnell, ESQ., Dan Quart, ESQ., Sean Ryan, ESQ., Aravella Simotas, ESQ.,
Phil Steck, ESQ., Michele Titus, ESQ., Matthew Titone, ESQ., David Weprin, ESQ., Kenneth Zebrowski, ESQ./
William Barclay, ESQ., Al Graf, ESQ., Chad Lupinacci, ESQ., Anthony Palumbo, ESQ., Claudia Tenney, ESQ.

2014 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

CJA's January 14, 2014 letter to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member Montesano --
"Vindicating the Public’s Rights under Article VII, §1 of the NYS Constitution & Legislative Law §32-:
      (1) request to testify at the Legislature’s joint budget hearings in opposition to the proposed Judiciary & Legislative budgets..."

CJA's March 4, 2014 letter to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member Montesano -- "Your Constitutional Duty:
       "(1) to address the evidence of fraud and unconstitutionality in the proposed Judiciary and Legislative budgets – and in the materially-divergent Governor’s Budget Bill #S.6351/A.8551, which, in violation of Senate and Assembly Rules, is unsupported by a fiscal note and introducer’s memorandum..."

2016
CHAIR: Helene Weinstein, ESQ.
RANKING MEMBER: Michael Montesano, ESQ.

MEMBERS:  Edward Braunstein, ESQ., David Buchwald, ESQ., Jeffrey Dinowitz, ESQ., Latoya Joyner, ESQ.,
Charles Lavine, ESQ., Dan Quart, ESQ., Rebecca Seawright, ESQ., Jo Anne Simon, ESQ., Aravella Simotas, ESQ.,
Phil Steck, ESQ., Michele Titus, ESQ., Matthew Titone, ESQ., David Weprin, ESQ., Kenneth Zebrowski, ESQ./
William Barclay, ESQ., Andrew Goodell, ESQ., Al Graf, ESQ., Chad Lupinacci, ESQ., Anthony Palumbo, ESQ.

[2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION] 

CJA's January 15, 2016 e-mail to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member Montesano -- "Immediate Oversight Required: Jan. 20, 2016 Senate Judiciary Confirmation Hearing of Chief Judge DiFiore AND 'Force of Law' Judicial Salary Recommendations of Dec. 24, 2015 Report of Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation" --CJA's January 15, 2016 letter to Temporary Senate President Flanagan & Assembly Speaker Heastie --  "IMMEDIATE OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: (1) The Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation and its statute-repudiating, fraudulent, and unconstitutional December 24, 2015 Report with “force of law” judicial salary recommendations; (2) The Senate Judiciary Committee’s January 20, 2016 public hearing to confirm the nomination of Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore as New York’s Chief Judge – and the deceptive public notice concealing that oral testimony is restricted to the nominee and bar associations"   

CJA's January 28, 2016 letter to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member Montesano --
"The Legislature’s February 4, 2016 “Public Protection” Budget Hearing:  Your scrutiny of the Judiciary’s two-part budget and of the Governor’s Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001, embodying the Judiciary’s discrepant “single budget bill”  

CJA's Jan. 29, 2016 e-mail to Chair Weinstein --
"FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS in preparation for Feb. 4, 2016 'Public Protection' Budget Hearing -- the Judiciary's 2-part budet & the Governor's Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001"

CJA's Jan. 29, 2016 e-mail to Ranking Member Montesano --
"FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS in preparation for Feb. 4, 2016 'Public Protection' Budget Hearing -- the Judiciary's 2-part budet & the Governor's Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001"

CJA's February 4, 2016 e-mail to Chair Weinstein & Ranking member Montesano --
enclosing "QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MARKS"

CJA's February 19, 2016 letter to Chair Weinstein & Ranking Member Montesano --
"Preventing Yet Another “Grand Larceny of the Public Fisc”

cc: CJA's March 25, 2016 e-mail --
"Restoring constitutionality and lawfulness to NY's budgeting process -- & overriding the 'force of law' judicial pay raises" -- link to: CJA's March 23, 2016 verified 2nd supplemental complaint (1st citizen-taxpayer action) 

2017
CHAIR: Helene Weinstein, ESQ.
suceeded Aug 2017 by Jeffrey Dinowitz, ESQ.
RANKING MEMBER: Anthony Palumbo, ESQ.

MEMBERS: Edward Braunstein, ESQ., David Buchwald, ESQ., Jeffrey Dinowitz, ESQ., Latoya Joyner, ESQ.,
Charles Lavine, ESQ., Dan Quart, ESQ., Rebecca Seawright, ESQ., Jo Anne Simon, ESQ., Aravella Simotas, ESQ.,
Phil Steck, ESQ., Michele Titus, ESQ., Matthew Titone, ESQ., David Weprin, ESQ., Kenneth Zebrowski, ESQ./
Michael Montesano, ESQ., William Barclay, ESQ., Andrew Goodell, ESQ., Al Graf, ESQ., Chad Lupinacci, ESQ.

[2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION]

CJA's January 9, 2017 e-mail
to Scheduler for Chair Weinstein

January 10, 2017 e-mail from Scheduler for Chair Weinstein

CJA's January 11, 2017 e-mail
to Scheduler for Chair Weinstein

CJA's January 30, 2017 written statement
about Legislative budget & budget bill, with QUESTIONS to be answered  

VIDEO:
CJA's testimony at the Legislature's Jan. 30, 2017 budget hearingon
"local gov't officials /general gov't"

VIDEO: 
CJA's testimony at the Legislature's Jan. 31, 2017 budget hearing on "public protection"

CJA's February 8, 2017 e-mail to Judiciary Committee member Buchwald --
"Letter to Leadership: (1) Legislative Law Article 5-A Commissions on Gov't Administration & State-Local Relations; (2) requested meetings to prevent repeat of constitutional, statutory, & Legislative rule violations:  re: fiscal year 2017-18 budget"      CJA's February 6, 2017 letter to Legislative leaders

October 18, 2017 e-mail --
"Yesterday's UNCONSTITUTIONAL Closed-Door Democratic Assembly Conference Meeting --
PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYERS, NO LESS!"

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