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PRIMER
-- LEGISLATIVE RULES
click here for:
CJA's August 21, 2013 letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo
--
"Achieving BOTH a Properly Functioning
Legislature & the Public Trust Act (Program Bill #3) --
the Sine
Qua Non for 'Government Working' &
'Working for the People'"
-- which was the SOLE attachment to
CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to him --
simultaneously furished to the
Legislature
"Your January 21,
2020 address on the Executive Budget -- Part III:
GOOD NEWS DURING THE
CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY--
You Can Chuck Six of Your Seven 'Article VII
Bills' Because They are Unconstitutional.
Here's why based on analysis
of the Court of Appeals' 2004 plurality, concurring,
and dissenting
opinions in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki, 4 N.Y3d 75"
NYS Constitution: Article III, Sec. 9:
"...Each house shall determine the rules of its own
proceedings...shall choose its own officers; and the senate
shall choose a temporary president and the assembly shall
choose a speaker."
"Albany's Travesty of Democracy"
-- City Journal 1997,
by Professor Eric Lane
-- genesis of the Brennan Center Reports
2004
BRENNAN CENTER REPORT:
"NYS Legislative Process: Evaluation and
Blueprint for Reform"
2006
BRENNAN CENTER REPORT:
"Unfinished Business: New York State
Legislative Reform: Update"
2008:
BRENNAN CENTER REPORT:
"Still
Broken: NY Legislative Reform - Update"
WATCH:
VIDEO
of February 26, 2009 (3rd) hearing of
Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform
start with Professor Eric Lane's
testimony at 39 mins
& Brennan Center testimony following it.
APRIL 21, 2009:
Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform:
Majority "Draft Report"
Republican
Minority Report
Also, click here for
Assembly
Speaker Heastie's "Workgroup on Legislative Process,
Operations, & Public Participation"
FOR MORE, see:
Rules Reform Resource Page
Senate Rules
Reform Resource Page --
including transcripts, videos, & reports of
the 2009 Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform
Assembly
Rules Reform Resource Page
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