GANNETT -- ALBANY
Paper Trail of Suppression, Protectionism, & Blackballing

2002

May 27, 2002 article by Yancey Roy "Spitzer expected to cruise to 2nd term"

CJA's September 24, 2002 letter to Yancey Roy & Dan Greenfield/Metro-Politics Editor/Westchester Journal News  -- "ELECTION COVERAGE: Exposing the REAL Attorney General Spitzer -- not the P.R. Version"
            Test Cases - State (Commission)

     "'Road rage' senator put up for judgeship", December 12, 2002, Journal News

CJA's December 16, 2002 e-mail to Albany Bureau -- "Stopping Tomorrow's 'Rubber Stamp' Senate Confirmation"
            SEE: Judicial Selection-State-NY: Lower NY Courts: James Lack


2003

CJA's January 22, 2003 e-mail to Albany Bureau -- "Testimony in Opposition to Read Confirmation to Ct of Appeals"
          SEE:  Judicial Selection-State-NY: The Corruption of "Merit Selection" to NY's Highest State Court - Read


2004

           SEE: Judicial Selection-State-NY: The Corruption of "Merit Selection" to NY's Highest State Court - Smith"

January 15, 2004 column by Yancey Roy "Smith's approval exposes flaws in the review process" 


2006

CJA's August 29, 2006 memo to Jay Gallagher, Yancey Roy, Cara Matthews -- "YOUR ONGOING ELECTION COVERAGE & COMMENTARY: The Races for New York Governor, U.S. Senator from New York, and New York Attorney General"
              SEE: Elections 2006: Informing the Voters

CJA's September 14, 2006 e-mail to Jay Gallagher & Yancey Roy -- "Opposition to Senate Confirmation of Pigot to NY Court of Appeals"
              SEE: Judicial Selection-State-NY: The Corruption of "Merit Selection" to NY's Highest State Court - Pigott

                 REPORTER YANCEY ROY WAS AT HEARING 

September 15, 2006 article by Yancey Roy, "Heat put on judicial diversity"

 Senate Confirmation reported by September 16, 2006 AP article by Michael Gormley "Mental health pact advances in Senate"

cc:   ALBANY BUREAU: Jay Gallagher, Yancey Roy, & Cara Matthews:   CJA's October 6, 2006 letter to Gannett News Service Editor Derek Osenenko -- "ELECTIONS 2006: Informing the Voters as to Matters of Legitimate Public Concern: (1) CJA's June 20, 2006 memo-letter to attorney general candidates Andrew Cuomo and Jeanine Pirro; (2) CJA's June 26, 2006 letter to gubernatorial candidate John Faso; and (3) CJA's February 3, 2006 letter to senatorial candidate John Spencer"
      [indicated copies to Journal News Editor & Vice President for News Henry Freeman; Gannett Albany Bureau (Bureau Chief Jay Gallagher, Yancey Roy, Cara Matthews); The Journal News (Editorial Page Editor Herb Pinder; Metro Editor Dan Greenfield; Glenn Blain)]

CJA's October 31, 2006 memo to Jay Gallagher, Yancey Roy, & Cara Matthews -- "THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HEVESI SCANDAL -- AND THE MORE SIGNIFICANT YET-TO-BE REPORTED SCANDALS that will throw open the non-competitive statewide races for Governor and Senator -- & the hardly competitive race for Attorney General -- for the benefit of all New Yorkers      

CJA's October 30, 2006 memo to Jay Gallagher, Yancey Roy, & Cara Matthews   --  "THE HEVESI SCANDAL -- AND THE PLATFORM OF DECEIT UPON THE PUBLIC IT IS PROVIDING TO ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER & GOVERNOR PATAKI, AMONG OTHERS"


2007

CJA's February 12, 2007 e-mail to Yancey Roy (copy to Jay Gallagher) -- "CJA's citizen opposition to the confirmation of Judge Jones to the NY Court of Appeals"

             SEE: Judicial Selection-NYS-"Merit Selection"-NY Court of Appeals-Jones

February 8, 2007: "Chief Judge Judith Kaye nominated to another term", Yancey Roy -- Journal News

            SEE: Judicial Selection-NYS-"Merit Selection"-NY Court of Appeals-Kaye

February 9, 2007:  "Chief Judge Kaye, still", editorial - Journal News

CJA's February 23, 2007 e-mail to Jay Gallagher (Albany Bureau Chief) & Yancey Roy -- "Subject: Citizen Opposition to Senate Confirmation of Chief Judge Kaye's Reappointment to the NY Court of Appeals"

CJA's March 2, 2007 and March 4, 2007 e-mail to Gallagher & Roy -- "CJA's opposition to Chief Judge Kaye & for concurrent legislative resolution for her removal/impeachment"

CJA's March 6, 2007 e-mail to Gallagher & Roy -- "PRESS ALERT: POSTPONEMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE KAYE'S CONFIRMATION"

ELENA SASSOWER sits next to Yancey Roy at the confirmation "hearing" and gives him, in hand, a copy of her written statement and that of Doris L. Sassower (Roy moves to a back seat next to AP Mark Johnson after the Senators finish "questioning" Chief Judge Kaye)

March 7, 2007: "Kaye becomes first chief judge reappointed", Journal News, by Yancey Roy

 

 

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