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   2013 - 2015
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

2016 - 2018: Chair Catharine Young


CJA's January 15, 2016 e-mail to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger -- "Immediate Oversight Required: ...'Force of Law' Judicial Salary Recommendations of Dec. 24, 2015 Report of Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation" -- CJA's January 15, 2016 letter to Temporary Senate President Flanagan & Assembly Speaker Heastie --  "IMMEDIATE OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: (1) The Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation and its statute-repudiating, fraudulent, and unconstitutional December 24, 2015 Report with “force of law” judicial salary recommendations..."   

CJA's January 28, 2016 letter to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger --
"
The Legislature’s February 4, 2016 “Public Protection” Budget Hearing: Your scrutiny of the Judiciary’s two-part budget and of the Governor’s Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001, embodying the  Judiciary’s discrepant “single budget bill”  

CJA's February 3, 2016 e-mail to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger --
enclosing
"QUESTIONS FOR TEMPORARY SENATE PRESIDENT FLANAGAN & ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HEASTIE"


CJA's February 4, 2016 e-mail to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger --
enclosing "QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MARKS" --

CJA's February 18, 2016 letter to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger --
Your Violation of Legislative Law §32-a with Respect to the Judiciary and Legislative Budgets for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 – and Budget Bill # S.6401/A.9001

cc to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger:  CJA's March 25, 2016 e-mail to Ranking Member Oaks -- "Restoring constitutionality and lawfulness to NY's budgeting process -- & overriding the 'force of law' judicial pay raises" --
link  --
CJA's March 23, 2016 verified 2nd supplemental complaint (1st citizen-taxpayer action)

CJA's June 7, 2016 e-mail to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger -- "FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Today's Committee Meeting: S.7408-A -- state reimbursement of district attorney salary increases"   

VIDEO of Senate Finance Committee's June 7, 2016 meeting

cc:  Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger -- CJA's June 8, 2016 e-mail to Chair Farrell & Ranking Member Oaks -- "THE WRONG BILL A.10152-A -- state reimbursement of district attorney salary increases"

cc: Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger: -- CJA's June 10, 2016 e-mail to NYS Association of Counties & D.A. Association of NYS -- "What are your positions? -- beginning with repeal of the statutory link between D.A. & judicial salaries"

 

2017
CHAIR: Catharine Young
RANKING MEMBER: Liz Krueger
Members: Tony Avella, John Bonacic, ESQ., Phil Boyle, ESQ., Neil Breslin, ESQ., David Carlucci,
Ruben Diaz, Leroy Comrie, Martin Malave Dilan, Simcha Felder, Patrick Gallivan, Martin Golden, Joseph Griffo, Kemp Hannon, ESQ., Todd Kaminsky, ESQ.,
Timothy Kennedy, Andrew Lanza, ESQ., William Larken, Kenneth LaValle, ESQ., Betty Little, Carl Marcellino, ESQ.,Kathleen Marchione, Velmanette Montgomery, Thomas O'Mara, ESQ., Kevin Parker, Jose Peralta, Bill Perkins, Michael Ranzenhofer, ESQ., Patty Richie, Gustavo Rivera, Joseph Robach, James Seward, Daniel Squadron, Toby Ann Stavisky, David Valesky

[see: 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION]

CJA's January 30, 2017 written statement about Legislative budget & budget bill,
with QUESTIONS to be answered
 

VIDEO
CJA's testimony at the Legislature's Jan. 30, 2017 budget hearing
on "local gov't officials/general gov't"

CJA's January 31, 2017 submission in support of testimony  

VIDEO
CJA's testimony at the Legislature's Jan. 31, 2017 budget hearing on "public protection"

CJA's February 6, 2017 e-mail to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger -- "Letter to Leadership: ...(2) requested meetings to prevent repeat of constitutional, statutory & legislative rule violations re: fiscal year 2017-18 budget" -- CJA's February 6, 2017 letter to Temporary Senate President Flanagan, Senate Minority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie, Assembly Minority Leader Kolb  -- "...(2) When will you be responding to my requests for a meeting for purposes of preventing a repeat of the constitutional, statutory, and legislative rule violations chronicled by the September 2, 2016 verified complaint in CJA’s citizen-taxpayer action"  

 

2018
CHAIR: Catharine Young
VICE CHAIR: Diane Savino
RANKING MEMBER: Liz Krueger

Members
: Tony Avella,
Jamaal Bailey, ESQ., Brian Benjamin, John Bonacic, ESQ., Phil Boyle, ESQ., Neil Breslin, ESQ., David Carlucci, Ruben Diaz, Leroy Comrie, Martin Malave Dilan,Simcha Felder, Patrick Gallivan, Martin Golden, Joseph Griffo, Kemp Hannon, ESQ., Todd Kaminsky, ESQ.,Timothy Kennedy, Andrew Lanza, ESQ., William Larken, Kenneth LaValle, ESQ., Betty Little, Carl Marcellino, ESQ., Kathleen Marchione, Velmanette Montgomery, Thomas O'Mara, ESQ.,Kevin Parker, Jose Peralta, Roxanne Persaud, Michael Ranzenhofer, ESQ., Patty Richie, Gustavo Rivera,Joseph Robach, James Seward, Toby Ann Stavisky, David Valesky

[see: 2018 LEGISLATIVE SESSION]

CJA's January 29, 2018 e-mail to Chair Young & Ranking Member Krueger

CJA's January 30, 2018 written statement, with QUESTIONS for Chief Administrative Judge Marks about the Judiciary Budget & the Governor's budget bill

VIDEO
CJA's testimony at Legislature's January 30, 2018 budget hearing on "public protection"
 

CJA's February 5, 2018 written statement, with QUESTIONS for Temporary Senate President John Flanagan & Assembly Speaker Heastie

VIDEO
CJA's testimony at the Legislature's February 5, 2018 budget hearing
on "Local Government Officials/General Government"


 


 

 

 

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