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THE PEOPLE LEAD:
Securing Introduction & Passage
of the Public Trust Act
& a
Constitutionally-Functioning Legislature
CJA's August 21, 2013 letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo,
hand-delivered to the Executive Chamber/Albany:
"Achieving BOTH a Properly Functioning Legislature & the Public Trust Act
(Program Bill #3) -- the Sine Qua Non for 'Government Working'
& 'Working for the People'"
Enclosures:
(1) "A
Guide to Legislative Oversight",
by the Assembly Committee on
Oversight, Analysis and Investigation
(2)
CJA's August 13, 2013 letter to Senator
George Latimer & Assemblyman David Buchwald --
with
Senate and Assembly Informational Guides: “How
a Bill Becomes a Law”, “The
Legislative Process and YOU”,
and "There Ought To
Be A Law"
(3)
Senator Greg Ball's
informational guide: "How
a Bill Becomes a Law"
--
August 22, 2013 e-mail to Governor's Special Counsel for Public Integrity &
Ethics Reform, Jeremy Creelan
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The Governor's Establishment of
the Commission to Investigate Public
Corruption
Executive Order
#106
Executive Law, Sec. 6 ("Moreland Act")
Executive
Law, Sec. 63 (subdiv 8)
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QUESTION:
Isn't this what the Legislature's
Committees
are supposed to be doing?
·
the
Senate Elections Committee:
2012 Annual Report?
website
·
the
Assembly Elections Law Committee:
2012 Annual Report
website news
&
members
·
the
Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations:
2012 Annual Report
website
·
the
Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis, and Investigation:
2012 Annual Report
website news
&
members
·
the
Assembly Committee on Government Operations:
2012 Annual Report
website news
&
members
·
the
Senate Committee on Codes:
2012 Annual Report
website
·
the
Assembly Committee on Codes:
2012 Annual Report?
website news
&
members
·
the Senate Committee on Civil
Service & Pensions:
2012 Annual Report?
website
·
the
Senate Ethics Committee:
2012 Annual Report?
website
·
the
Assembly Committeee on Ethics and Guidance:
2012 Annual Report?
website news
&
members
·
the
Administrative Regulations Review Commission:
2012 Annual Reports?
Senate website
Assembly
website news &
members
·
the Legislative Commission on Government
Administration
2012
Annual Reports?
Senate website?
Assembly website news &
members
LEGISLATIVE LAW:
60
- Testimony before legislative committees.
61 - Subcommittees.
62 - Witnesses' fees.
62-A - Subpoenas; oaths.
62-B - Joint legislative committee competent authority to confer
immunity.
63 - Expenses of committees.
LAW REVISION COMMISSION:
Legislative Law, Article 4-A
--
website
Ex Officio Members
Senate Judiciary
Committee Chair: John J. Bonacic
Assembly Judiciary
Committee Chair: Helene E. Weinstein
Assembly Codes Committee
Chair: Joseph Lentol
Senate Codes
Committee Chair: Michael F. Nozzolio
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ANSWER:
The committees of the Legislature are
sham
& the Legislature, as a whole, is
the "most dysfunctional" in
the nation
click here for:
Brennan
Center Reports -- 2004, 2006, 2008
click here for:
Temporary Senate Committee
on Rules & Administration Reform (2009)
.
click here for:
Temporary Senate Committee's February 26, 2009
hearing -- including testimony of former Senators Franz Leichter & Seymour
Lachman (at 03:03 - 37:44 mins.) -- & three Brennan Center witnesses
(at 37:47 mins. -1:59:24 hr.), including Jeremy Creelan (at 01:05 hrs.)
click here for:
"Reformer
who called NY's Legislature 'dysfunctional'
will be Gov. Andrew
Cuomo's ethics czar"
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The beginnings of a functioning Legislature, in 2009,
by committee
oversight hearings
click here for:
video & transcripts
of 2009 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Commission on Judicial
Conduct & court-controlled attorney disciplinary system
click here for:
video & transcripts of 2009 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on
"merit selection" to the NY Court of Appeals
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The Governor's Public Trust Act
VIDEO
of Governor Cuomo's April 9, 2013 press conference
&
press release: "Governor
Cuomo Proposes New Class of Public Corruption Crimes"
"DA Vance Statement on Governor Cuomo's Proposed Public Trust Act"
-- April 9, 2013 press release
April 16,
2013
"Cuomo
won't give AG election enforcement powers",
Capitol Confidential, Jimmy Vielkind
April 25, 2013
“Where’s
the bills?”,
WNYC-Capitol Report
June 11, 2013 letter, signed by ALL 62 New York
State District Attorneys to Speaker Silver &
Senate
Majority Coalition Leaders Skelos and Klein -- "RE: Governor's Program Bill
#3: Public Trust Act"
"Manhattan
District Attorney Vance, Governor Cuomo, District Attorneys from Around the
State Urge Passage of Public Trust Act"
-- June 11, 2013 press release
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The Governor's Program Bills #4, #5, #12
Governor's Program Bill #4 --
Creating Enforcement Counsel at Board of Elections;
Repeal of Wilson-Pakula; Party Enrollment Deadline Change
memorandum
Governor's Program Bill #5 --
Voter Registration; Ballot Access; Ballot Simplification
memorandum
Governor's Program Bill #12--
"Campaign
Finance Reform Act of 2013"
memorandum
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Governor Cuomo's 2013 Program Bills
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The Governor Establishes
the
Commission to Investigate Public Corruption
Governor Cuomo's July 2, 2013 press release, with
VIDEO of press conference
-- "Governor Cuomo Appoints Moreland 'Commission to Investigate Public
Corruption,' with Attorney General Schneiderman Designating Commission
Members as Deputy Attorneys General"
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The Governor's message to Citizens
--
"Governor Cuomo
believes that government works when the voice of the people rings strong and
true. Democracy works best when people are most engaged. It’s your
government: own it!
...Governor Cuomo encourages you to make your voice
heard!"
click here for :
Citizenconnects
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Press in Action
August 21, 2013 interview by Capitol Pressroom -- Susan Arbetter
(at 13:28 mins.)
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