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FOIL REQUESTS -- LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION (LEC)

click here for:
charade of legislative process --
bills to subject JCOPE & LEC to FOIL



2015

CJA's October 22, 2015 FOIL to LEC --
"Assisting the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission with a methodologically-sound review –
LEC’s annual reports for 2013 and 2014 & website"

LEC's October 26, 2015 response

2021

1.
CJA's March 8, 2021 FOIL request to Governor, Senate & Assembly --
"Legislative Ethics Commission annual reports, as required by Legislative Law §80
and Article VI of its By-Laws"

Governor 
(#3294)
March 15, 2021 acknowledgment
April 12, 2021 extension
May 10, 2021 extension
June 7, 2021 extension
June 24, 2021 response

Assembly
March 15, 2021 acknowledgment
March 22, 2021 response
2012  Annual Report
2013 Annual Report
2014 Annual Report
2015 Annual Report
2016 Annual Report
2017 Annual Report
2018 Annual Report
2019 Annual Report


2.
CJA's March 8, 2021 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly --
"appointment & designation of the Legislative Ethics Commission's members
& co-chairs, pursuant to Legislative Law
§80, subsections 1-4"

Assembly
March 15, 2021 acknowledgment


3.
CJA's March 10, 2021 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly --
"Legislative Ethics Commission's annual budgets for FY2021-22 --
and for the five prior fiscal years"

Senate
Senate's March 11, 2021 response
with link:  

https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/liz-krueger/legislature-announces-joint-budget-hearing-schedule-0

CJA's March 19, 2021 reply



4.
CJA's March 10, 2021 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly --
"Legislative Ethics Commission's rules and regulations for nonpartisanship by staff,
for records subject to public disclosure -- & for records identifying
who the Commission's records access officer & records appeal officers are"

Senate
Senate's March 11, 2021 response
CJA's March 19, 2021 reply

5.
CJA's December 6, 2021 FOIL request to Senate --
"STATUS? -- CJA's 4 FOIL requests pertaining to the Legislative Ethics Commission,
two on March 8, 2021 and two on March 10, 2021"

"#1: STATUS? --
...Legislative Ethics Commission annual reports,
as required by Legislative Law §80 and Article VI of its By-Laws"

"#2:  STATUS? --

...appointment & designation
of the Legislative Ethics Commission's members & co-chairs,
pursuant to Legislative Law
§80, subsections 1-4"

"#3:  STATUS? -- AGAIN
...Legislative Ethics Commission's annual budgets for FY2021-22 --
and for the five prior fiscal years"

"#4:  STATUS? -- AGAIN
...Legislative Ethics Commission's rules & regulations for non-partisanship by staff,
for records subject to public disclosure -- & records identifying who
the Commission's records access officer & records appeal officer are"

6.
CJA's December 6, 2021 FOIL request to Assembly --
"STATUS? -- CJA's 4 FOIL requests pertaining to the Legislative Ethics Commission,
two on March 8, 2021 and two on March 10, 2021"

"
#1: FOIL
..Legislative Ethics Commission 2020 annual report,
as required by Legislative Law §80 and Article VI of its By-Laws"

"#2:  STATUS? --

...appointment & designation
of the Legislative Ethics Commission's members & co-chairs,
pursuant to Legislative Law
§80, subsections 1-4"

"#3:  STATUS? --
...Legislative Ethics Commission's annual budgets for FY2021-22 --
and for the five prior fiscal years"

"#4:  STATUS? --
...Legislative Ethics Commission's rules & regulations for non-partisanship by staff,
for records subject to public disclosure -- & records identifying who
the Commission's records access officer & records appeal officer are"

Assembly

#1:  December 13, 2021 letter

#2:  December 6, 2021 e-mail,
with March 23, 2021 letter -- and its enclosure

#3  December 6, 2021 e-mail, 
forwarding March 17, 2021 e-mail with March 17, 2021 letter

#4  December 6, 2021 e-mail,
forwarding May 7, 2021 e-mail, with May 7, 2021 letter




2022

1.
CJA's March 16, 2022 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly --
"2020 & 2021 Annual Reports of the Legislative Ethics Commission (LEC),
as required by Legislative Law §80(7)(l)"

2.
CJA's March 16, 2022 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly --
"LEC's Bylaws, adopted Jan. 3, 2022 -- & its prior Bylaws, adopted Sept. 24, 2012"

3.
CJA's March 16, 2022 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly --
"LEC's rules and regulations for non-partisanship by staff, for records
subject to public disclosure -- & for records identifying who LEC's records access officer
& records appeal officers" are

4.
CJA's March 16, 2022 FOIL request to Senate & Assembly--
"Oaths of Office, required to be filed by every LEC commissioner,
pursuant to LEC Bylaw Article III(6)"





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February 11, 2022
"McCaffrey appointed to state Legislative Ethics Commission"
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

"Lockport hospital chief names to state Legislative Ethics Commission"
Buffalo News (Thomas Prohaska)


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