LOG -- March 2020

 

Outreach --
virtually all pertaining to
CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo

1.
ALBANY BUSINESS JOURNAL
 
CJA's March 18, 2020 e-mail to Chelsea Diana/Albany Business Journal
"LEAD -- letter to Gov Cuomo: '...Executive Budget...GOOD NEWS DURING
THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY:  You Can Chuck 6 of the 7 'Article VII Bills' Because They are Unconstitutional.  Here's why..."

March 11, 2020 article --
“With coronavirus spreading, and the budget deadline approaching,
Cuomo wants another look at state revenue”

CJA's March 20, 2020 e-mail to Chelsea Diana/Albany Business Journal --
"FW: Executive Budget -- CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Gov. Cuomo 'GOOD NEWS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY: You Can Chuck 6 of the 7 'Article VII Bills' Because They are Unconstitutional.  Here's why"

cc: CJA's March 31, 2020 e-mail --
"Securing honest diagnosis of the state of the NYS Budget --
& of the Court of Appeals' 2004 decision in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki, 4 NY3d 75"

March 29, 2020 "Cuomo deserves praise -- and some words of caution"  Albany Times Union (Richard Brodsky)

2.
ALBANY LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION REPORTERS

CJA's March 21, 2020 e-mail --
"Gov and Legislative Leaders get GOOD NEWS during this Coronavirus Emergency: Simplifying the policy-packed NYS budget is EASY, as 6 of the Gov's 7 'Article VII Bills' are UNCONSTITUTIONAL"

 

3.
MICHAEL GORMLEY/NEWSDAY

CJA's March 21, 2020 e-mail --
"Missing from your today's article 'Virus exposes the need for hospital beds after years of reductions' is the NY Court of Appeals"

webpage for: CJA's March 26, 2019 letter to Court of Appeals

 

4.
HERALD TIMES-RECORD

CJA's March 22, 2020 e-mail to editors --
"Bravo & more:  Your today's editorial 'Pass a simple budget so real work can start'"

March 22, 2020
"Pass a simple budget so real work can start"
Times Herald-Record (editorial)

 

5.
THE CITIZEN/Auburnpub.com

CJA's March 22, 2020 e-mail --
"Follow-up: Your March 18th editorial
'Heavy lifting on NY state budget will have to wait'"

March 18, 2020
"Heavy lifting on NY state budget will have to wait"
Auburnpub/The Citizen (editorial)

 

6.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CJA's March 22, 2020 e-mail --
"Please forward to AP reporter Marina Villeneuve --
Gov Cuomo & Legislative Leaders get GOOD NEWS during this Coronavirus Emergency:
Simplifying the policy-packed NYS budget is EAST..."

March 15, 2020
"New York weighs impact of virus outbreak on state budget"
AP  (Marina Villeneuve)

February 29, 2020
"Albany enters the last month of budget talks"
AP (Marina Villeneuve)

 

7.
LEGISLATIVE GAZETTE

cc: CJA's March 23, 2020 e-mail --
"NYS Budget: GOOD NEWS During the Coronavirus Emergency
About Eliminating its Policy, Non-Budgetary Content"

March 16, 2020 press release
“Good Gov't Groups to NYS Lawmakers:
‘Keep Policy Out of the Budget’”

March 18, 2020
"Watchdog groups, Republican lawmakers make plea for a transparent
and policy-free budget this year"
Legislative Gazette (Emma Misiaszek)

 

8.
GOTHAM GAZETTE

CJA's March 23, 2020 e-mail --
"Request for Gotham Gazette's nonpartisan investigation & reporting
of CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo as to the unconstitutionality
of the policy-packed NYS budget & of 6 of his 7 "Article 7 Bills"

cc:   CJA's March 30, 2020 e-mail to Assemblyman Robert Carroll, Esq. --
"Elections 2020: Your opinion piece in today's Gotham Gazette. 
As you unaware that inclusion of non-fiscal policy legislation in the NYS budget is UNCONSTITUTIONAL?"

March 30, 2020
"State Budget Negotiations are Focused on the Wrong Priorities;
We Need an Emergency Coronavirus Package"
Gotham Gazette (Robert Carroll)

cc: CJA's March 31, 2020 e-mail --
"Securing honest diagnosis of the state of the NYS Budget --
& of the Court of Appeals' 2004 decision in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki, 4 NY3d 75"

March 29, 2020 "Cuomo deserves praise -- and some words of caution"  Albany Times Union (Richard Brodsky)

 

 

9.
JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL

CJA's March 24, 2020 e-mail --
"Elections 2020-Borrello, Goodell -- Investigative Reporting Required:
Your today's article 'Borrello Calls for Policy Removal"

March 24, 2020 "Borrello Calls For Policy Removal"  Post Journal

March 23, 2020 Borrello press release

webpage for: CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo

click here for:
CJA's 2019 correspondence with Senate Committee on Budget & Revenues

CJA's 2019 correspondence with Assembly Committee on Gov't Operations

CJA's 2019 correspondence with Assembly Judiciary Committee

cc:  CJA's March 30, 2020 e-mail --

10.
SUSAN ARBETTER/Spectrum News

cc: CJA's March 25, 2020 e-mail --
"Gov Cuomo's inclusion of policy in the budget is UNCONSTITUTIONAL --
'Will The New York State Budget Be Cuomo's Big Buzzkill?'
(Spectrum News/Susan Arbetter March 24, 2020)"

March 24, 2020  "Will the New York State Budget Be Cuomo's Big Buzzkill?"  Spectrum

11.
UTICA OBSERVER-DISPTACH 
WKTV-NEWS CHANNEL 2

cc:  CJA's March 25, 2020 e-mail --
"Gov Cuomo's inclusion of policy in the budget is UNCONSTITUTIONAL --
"Griffo calls for 'bar-bones' NY budget' (Utica Observer Dispatch); "Griffo Urges Cuomo To Remove Controversial Items From The State Budget' (WKTV-News Channel2)"

"Griffo: 'Bare-bones' state budget must be done"

March 24, 2020  "Griffo calls for 'bare-bones' NY budget"  Utica Observer Dispatch

March 24, 2020  "Griffo Urges Cuomo To Remove Controversial Items From The State Budget"   News Channel 2

 

12.
MICHAEL GOOT/POST-STAR

cc:  CJA's March 25, 2020 e-mail --
"Your quoted comments -- "Legislators say state budget may still be on time,
but may be bare bones" (Post-Star, March 24, 2020, by Michael Goot)

March 24, 2020  "Legislators say state budget may still be on time, but may be bare bones"
Post Star (Michael Goot)

13.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

CJA's March 26, 2020 e-mail --
"Will the Daily News Investigate & Report, STAT,
on the Unconstitutionality of NY's Policy-Bloated State Budget? 
Response to your today's editorial "Coronavirus cash crunch:
State and city budgets must find savings"

March 26, 2020 "Coronavirus cash crunch: State and city budgets must find savings"
Daily News  (editorial)

14.
NICK PINTO / THE INTERCEPT

CJA's March 27, 2020 e-mail --
"Follow-up: Your March 25th & Feb. 23rd articles in The Intercept --
& the unconstitutionality of Gov. Cuomo's policy-packed budget,
in which the Legislature is collusive"

March 25, 2020 
"America's Crisis Daddy Andrew Cuomo Exploits Coronavirus Panic
to Push Bail Reform Roll-Back in New York"  The Intercept

Feb. 23, 2020
“The Backlash: Police, Prosecutors and Republicans
Are Looking to Undo a Criminal Justice Reform in New York”  The Intercept

 

15.
MY LITTLE FALLS

cc:  CJA's March 30, 2020 e-mail --
"Elections 2020:  Why does Senator Tedisco's March 28th public/press statement not identify the UNCONSTITUTIONALITY of Gov. Cuomo's policy-packed FY2020-21 state budget?"

March 30, 200  "Tedisco Calls For a Policy-Free Barebone State Budget"  My Little Falls

 

16.
ROSS BARKAN, ESQ.

CJA's March 31, 2020 e-mail --
"Your article 'Cuomo Helped Get New York into This Mess' (The Nation, 3/30/20) is MISSING the Role of the Legislature & the NY Court of Appeals, among others -- & MISREPRESENTS the State Budget"

March 30, 2020 "Cuomo Helped New York Get Into This Mess" The Nation (Ross Barkan)

April 26, 2019 "'Enough Is Enough': Lawmakers Seek To Break Cuomo's Grip on NY's Budget"   Gothamist (Ross Barkan)

cc: CJA's March 31, 2020 e-mail --
"Securing honest diagnosis of the state of the NYS Budget --
& of the Court of Appeals' 2004 decision in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki, 4 NY3d 75"

March 29, 2020 "Cuomo deserves praise -- and some words of caution"  Albany Times Union (Richard Brodsky)

 

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