COMMISSION ON PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT
PRESS
2018
February 18, 2018
"How
We Judge Prosecutors"
WNYC (Fred Mogul)
June 19, 2018
"Bill
to Create a Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission is Approved by
NY State Assembly"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)
June 19, 2018
"DAs
Push Back Against Prosecutorial Conduct Commission"
State of Politics (Nick Reisman)
July 3, 2018
"Bill
to Create Prosecutorial Conduct Commission Awaits Cuomo Decision"
Gotham Gazette (Ben Brachfeld)
July 5, 2018
"New
DASNY President Urges Cuomo to Reject Bill to Create
Prosecutorial Misconduct Board"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)
August 9, 2018 "Bill
creating prosecutorial misconduct commission reaches Cuomo"
Albany Times Union (David Lombardo)
August 13, 2018
"Prosecutorial
Misconduct Commission Might Not Survive Judicial Review, AG's
Counsel Writes"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)
August 14, 2018
"D.A.s
Plan Constitutional Challenge to Prosecutorial Misconduct
Commission"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)
August 16, 2018
"Sponsor
of Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission Bill Expects Approval
from Cuomo"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)
August 23, 2018
"A
New Panel Can Investigate Prosecutors. They Plan to Sue to
Block It"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
October 2018
"DAs
sue over NY's first in the nation posecutor watchdog commission"
Syracuse.com (Julie McMahon)
October 17, 2018
"DAs
File Constitutional Challenge to NY Prosecutorial Conduct
Commission"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)
Complaint -- Soares v. New York State
Lawsuit -- David Soares v. State of New York
Albany County #906409-18
October 25, 2018
"New
York District Attorneys File Lawsuit to Block New Prosecutorial
Watchdog Committee"
Syracuse Law Review (Caitlyn Bucklman)
2019
April 1, 2019
"NY
State DA's Move to Block Creation of Prosecutorial Conduct Watchdog"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)
April 5, 2019
"Prosecutors
Sometimes Behave Badly. Now They May Be Held to Account"
NYT (Jay Ransom, Ashley Southwell)
June 2, 2019
"Cuomo,
Lawmakers Agree Not to Defend Prosecutorial Watchdog's
Constitutionality"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)
June 14, 2019
"Sponsor
of Prosecutorial Conduct Watchdog Bill Urges Cuomo, Lawmakers to
Rejoin the Suit"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)
July 24, 2019
"NY
District Attorneys Formally Move to Strike Down Prosecutorial
Watchdog Law"
New York Law Journal (Dan Clark)
2020
January 28, 2020
"Albany
judge strikes down Legislature's prosecutorial watchdog commission"
Albany Times Union (Dan Clark)
January 29, 2020 "Albany
Judge Deems Prosecutorial Conduct Commission Unconstitutional"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)
January 28, 2020 decision
January 30, 2020
"New
York court strikes down prosecutorial conduct commission"
Jurist (Andrew Hursh)
2020 "The
New York Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission
and the Dawn of a New Era of Reform for Prosecutors"
Cardozo Law Review (Clyde Rastetter)
2021
April 29, 2021 "District
Attorneys Push Back On Proposed Prosecutorial Misconduct Panel"
WSKG (Dan Clark)
September 1, 2021 "How
New York Lets Prosecutors Off the Hook for Misconduct"
NY Focus (Rory Fleming)
September 2, 2021 "NY
Courts Faulted for Lax Approach to Misconduct"
Governor Cuomo's June 21, 2021 press announcement: "Governor
Cuomo Signs Legislation Bolstering Commission on Prosecutorial
Conduct"
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Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity webpage
AccountabilityNY.org "a
coalition of law professors and public-interest groups seeking
professional consequences for prosecutorial misconduct"
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