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[background:
2013-2020 -- Assembly Judiciary
Committee]
2021 ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE --
& ITS
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION OF GOV. CUOMO
NO ANNUAL REPORT FOR
2020 -- here's
2019 ANNUAL REPORT
"The Committee also shares budgetary oversight
of the Office of Court Administration
and the Department of Law with the Assembly Ways and
Means Committee."
Here's the Committee's ZERO "budgetary oversight"
over
the OCA & AG FY2021-22 budget,
as established by the agendas of
its committee meetings --
Jan. 20th, Jan. 26th, March 2nd, and March 15th meeting
agendas;
March 24th meeting agenda
& this, in face of
CJA's testimony
at Legislature's
February 10, 2021 "public protection" budget hearing
in the presence of Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair Lavine
* * *
CJA's May 25, 2021 e-mail to
ALL Assembly Judiciary Committee Members
--
"Emergency Action & Oversight Required:
The Assembly's
taxpayer-paid counsel, Davis Polk,
is in breach of its
contract & its publicly-made promises
to safeguard vs
conflicts of interest in investigating
whether Gov. Cuomo
commited impeachable acts"
1.
GETTING THE ASSEMBLY's CONTRACT with DAVIS POLK
CJA's March 22, 2021 FOIL request to the Assembly &
Comptroller
--
"retention of Davis Polk
& Wardwell LLP for Assembly's impeachment
investigation of Gov. Cuomo"
Assembly's March 29, 2021 acknowledgment
CJA's April 29, 2021 FOIL request to
Assembly & Comptroller --
"IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION REQUIRED..."
April 30, 2021 e-mail from Assemblyman Burdick's
chief of staff
Assembly's May 10, 2021 e-mail
Assembly's May 13, 2021 response
--
enclosed contract
CJA's May 14, 2021 appeal
CJA's May 24, 2021 follow-up e-mail regarding appeal
Assembly's May 24, 2021 response with justification
CJA's May 24, 2021 FOIL request to Assembly --
"Speaker Heastie's direction to the Assembly Judiciary
Committee & mandate to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
regarding
the impeachment investigation of Governor Cuomo"
2.
CJA's CORRESPONDENCE
WITH DAVIS POLK
CJA's April 7, 2021 e-mail --
"Voice mail left on
your hotline, 212-450-3600, on April 5th,
pertaining to
impeachable acts by Gov. Cuomo,
starting with insertion of the
immunity provision for nursing homes/hospitals in the 2020 budget"
linking to:
CJA's webpage for immunity provision
CJA's April 7, 2021 e-mail --
"The mountain of
open-&-shut, prima facie EVIDENCE of Gov. Cuomo's impeachable
criminal conduct,
laid out by CJA's June 4, 2020 grand
jury/public corruption complaint to Albany DA Soares &
March 5,
2021 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to JCOPE"
attaching:
CJA's March 18, 2020
letter to Governor Cuomo
CJA's 62 public corruption/grand jury complaints to NYS' 64 D.A.
--
starting with Albany D.A. Soares
CJA's
March 5, 2021 conflict-of-interest/ethics complaint to JCOPE/LEC
CJA's April 29, 2021 e-mail --
"STATUS: Your
investigation of CJA's April 7, 2021 e-mail, furnishing open-&-shut,
prima facie EVIDENCE of Gov. Cuomo's impeachable, criminal
conduct"
auto-reply
CJA's May 25, 2021 e-mail --
"Tomorrow's
Assembly Judiciary Committee meeting --
& your duties under
your contract with the Assembly,
owed to & paid by, the
People of the State of New York"
* * *
WHO ARE THE 21
ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS --
& what they knew,
when...
click here for:
VIDEO & PAPER TRAIL, since 2011
CHAIR:
Charles Lavine, ESQ.
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/13th AD]
newly-appointed chair,
but Committee member since Jan. 2011,
in other
words, since he was first elected in Nov. 2010
RANKING MEMBER: Michael Montesano,
ESQ.
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/15th AD]
Committee
member since his Feb. 2010 special election to the
Assembly,
ranking member from 2014-2016,
& in 2021.
MEMBERS:
Thomas Abinanti,
ESQ. member
since 2018 [CJA's
2021 webpage for him/92nd AD]
Edward Braunstein,
ESQ.,
member since at least 2011
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/26th AD]
Keith Brown, ESQ.,
member since 2021
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/12th AD]
Marjorie Byrnes, ESQ.,
member since 2019
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/133rd AD]
Catalina Cruz, ESQ.,
member since 2021
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/39th AD]
Latoya Joyner,
ESQ.,
member since 2015
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/77th AD]
Karen McMahon, ESQ.,
elected Nov. 2018, not in 2019
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/146th AD]
Marcela Mitaynes,
member since 2021
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/51st AD]
Michael J. Norris, ESQ., member
since 2019
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/144th AD]
Dan Quart,
ESQ.,
member since 2012
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/73rd AD]
Jenifer Rajkumar, ESQ.,
member since 2021
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/38th AD]
Rebecca Seawright,
ESQ.,
member since 2015
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/76th AD]
Phil Steck, ESQ.,
member since 2013
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/110th AD]
Michael Tannousis, ESQ.,
member since 2021
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/64th AD]
Latrice Walker, ESQ.,
elected special election
2014, not in 2019
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/55th AD]
Monica P. Wallace, ESQ.,
member since 2019
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/143rd AD]
Mary Beth Walsh, ESQ.,member
since 2019
[CJA's
2021 webpage for her/112th AD]
David Weprin,
ESQ., member
since at least 2008
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/24th AD]
Kenneth Zebrowski,
ESQ.,
member since at least 2008
[CJA's
2021 webpage for him/96th AD]
* * *
HERE's THE PUBLIC FACE
OF THE ASSEMBLY's IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
March 11, 2021 announcement
"Statement
of Speaker Carl Heastie on Authorizing
Assembly Judiciary Committee to Begin Investigation into Governor
Cuomo"
March 17, 2021 announcement
"Speaker
Heastie and Judiciary Committee Chair Lavine Announce
the Hiring of Davis Polk and Wardwell, LLC to Lead Impeachment
Investigation
of Governor's Conduct"
March 23, 2021
AUDIO -- meeting with Davis, Polk lawyers
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
Greg Andres, ESQ.;
Angela Burgess, ESQ.;
Martine Beamon, ESQ.
New York State Constitution, Article VI,
Sec. 24
"Court for trial
of impeachments; judgment"
NYS Constitution, Article XIII, Sec. 5
"removal from office
for misconduct"
"New
York's Impeachment Law and the Trial of Governor Sulzer: A Case for
Reform"
Fordham Law Review (1987) (John Dunne,
Michael Balboni)
Judiciary Law, Article 7-A (secs. 240-248)
April 1, 2021
"Judiciary
Committee Chair Lavine Announces Details
of Hotline for Assembly
Investigation of Governor's Conduct"
April 16, 2021 statement by Chair Lavine
April 21, 2021 statement by Chair Lavine
April 21, 2021
AUDIO -- meeting with Davis, Polk lawyers
here's
another DAVIS POLK lawyer -- Uzo
Asonye, ESQ.
May 25, 2021
AUDIO -- meeting with Davis, Polk lawyers
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* * *
May 14, 2021
"Assembly's
Cuomo impeachment investigation costs are capped"
WGRZ
News (Jeff Preval)
May 14, 2021
"$250K
legal contract for Cuomo impeachment probe is not nearly enough,
critics say"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan, Bruce
Golding)
May 19, 2021
"The
Cuomo Impeachment Probe Is A Sham"
National Review
(Andrew McCarthy)
May 26, 2021
“Cuomo
Impeachment Probe Advances:
75 Witnesses Contacted, ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Documents Reviewed"
Forbes (Jemima McEvoy)
May 26, 2021
"NY
Assemblyman Lavine defends contact in brief update of Cuomo
impeachment probe"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
May 26, 2021
"Assembly
impeachment investigation of Cuomo moving slowly"
NY-1
(Morgan McKay)
May 26, 2021
"Cuomo
Impeachment Investigation Has Now Spoken To Around 75 People"
NBC-4
May 26, 2021
"Cuomo
Impeachment Probe Moving Forward, Hundreds of Tips Roll In"
Bloomberg (Emma Kinery, with assistance Keshia Clukey)
May 26, 2021
"Assembly
Democrat insists that $250,000 for Cuomo impeachment just for
starters"
NY Post (Bernadette Hogan)
May 26, 2021
"Cuomo
used Speaker Heastie in bid to silence Cuomo critic as Post exposed
COVID cover-up"
NY Post (Bernadette Hogan, Bruce
Golding)
May 27, 2021
“Cuomo’s
Impeachment Inquiry Accused of Slow-Walking Its Probe”
Bloomberg (Emma Kinery)
May 27, 2021
"Cuomo's
Political Path Brightens as Impeachment Inquiry Drags On"
Bloomberg (Emma Kinery, with Keshia Clukey & Erik Larson)
updated, with 7th paragraph comments by Sen. Biaggi:
“The Assembly has had more than enough reason to draft
articles of impeachment and begin impeachment hearings in the Senate
as written in our Constitution. The Assembly Judiciary Committee’s
investigation is simply an attempt to appease and buy time for the
Governor, rather than holding him accountable for his actions,” said
state Senator Alessandra Biaggi. “The lack of movement and
transparency in the judiciary committee’s investigation only proves
that point.”
May 27, 2021
"Could
the Cuomo Investigation Taint Davis Polk?"
Bloomberg
(Vivia Chen)
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March 17, 2021
"Governor
Cuomo's Office Hires Outside Lawyers to Handle Probe"
Bloomberg Law (Joel Rosenblatt)
March 23, 2021
"Cuomo
Impeachment Kicks Off With Hearing, Tip Line"
Bloomberg
(Emma Kinery, Patricia Hurtado)
April 7, 2021
"Embattled
Governor Passes Late Budget, Concedes on Wealth Taxes"
Bloomberg (Henry Goldman, Donna Borak, Keshia Clukey)
April 21, 2021
"Cuomo
Impeachment Hotline Has Gotten 200 Calls, Assemblyman Says"
Bloomberg News (Keshia Clukey)
May 13, 2021
"Cuomo
Hired Lawyers In Outside Scandal Without Saying Who Will Pay"
Bloomberg Law (Emma Kinery)
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