Litigation #2:   CJA's CITIZEN-TAXPAYER ACTION
Supreme Court/Albany Co.

CENTER FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, INC. and ELENA RUTH SASSOWER, individually and as Director of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting on their own behalf and on behalf of the People of the State of New York & the Public Interest,                                                                                                       

                                               -v-                                                                                                        

ANDREW M. CUOMO, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of New York, DEAN SKELOS in his official capacity as Temporary Senate President,  THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE, SHELDON SILVER, in his official capacity as Assembly Speaker, THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of New York, and THOMAS DiNAPOLI, in his official capacity as Comptroller of the State of New York,

March 30, 2015 VERIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT

Exhibit 1-a:     Plaintiffs’ request to Secretary of Senate and Assembly Records Access Officer – “RE:  The Legislature’s Certified Itemized Estimates of its Financial Needs for Fiscal Year 2015-2015, as Required by Article VII, 1 of the New York State Constitution 

Exhibit 1-b:     Defendants Skelos’ and Silver’s December 1, 2014 letter to defendant Cuomo 

Exhibit 1-c:     16-page legislative budget for fiscal year 2015-2016

Exhibit 2-a:     Chief Administrative Judge’s December 1, 2014 memorandum to defendant Cuomo, etc. for Judiciary Budget (operating costs)

Exhibit 2-b:     Chief Judge’s Certification & Court of Appeals Approval– “Itemized Estimates of the Financial Needs of the Legislature”

Exhibit 2-c:     Judiciary's Executive Summary with Statistical Tables

Exhibit 3-a:     Chief Administrative Judge Prudenti’s December 1, 2014 memorandum to defendant Cuomo, etc. for Judiciary Budget of "General State Charges"

Exhibit 3-b:     Chief Judge’s Certification & Court of Appeals Approval – “Itemized Estimates of the Financial Needs of the Judiciary for General State Charges”

Exhibit 3-c:     Judiciary's Statistical Tables

Exhibit 4:        Judiciary’s “Single Budget Bill"

Exhibit 5-a:     Defendant Cuomo's "Commentary of the Governor on the Judiciary"

Exhibit 5-b:     Defendant Cuomo’s Budget Bill #S.2001/A.3001

Exhibit 6:        “Legislature Announces Joint Budget Hearing Schedule”, January 16, 2015

Exhibit 7-a:     Defendant Cuomo’s Division of Budget webpage for Judiciary Budget

Exhibit 7-b:     Senate Majority’s “White Book”: pp.  97-98, 128-129

Exhibit 7-c:     Senate Minority’s “Blue Book”: pp. 170-171

Exhibit 7-d:     Assembly Majority’s “Yellow Book”: pp. 139, 134

Exhibit 8:        Plaintiffs’ February 23, 2015 letter to Chairs & Ranking Members of Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways & Means Committee – “RE:  YOUR FEBRUARY 26, 2015 ‘PUBLIC PROTECTION’ BUDGET HEARING: Reconsidering Your Denial of CJA’s Request to Testify, Pursuant to Legislative Law 32-a, in Opposition to the Proposed Judiciary and Legislative Budgets – and the Governor’s Budget Bill #S.2001/A.3001”

Exhibit 9:        Witness List: February 26, 2015 Budget Hearing on “Public Protection”

Exhibit 10:      Chief Administrative Judge Prudenti’s February 26, 2015 written statement, p. 3

Exhibit 11-a:      November 17, 2014 Notice of Appeal & Pre-Calendar Statement

Exhibit 11-b:      October 9, 2014 Decision & Order

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