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NYPIRG: 
New York Public Interest Research Group

CJA's June 12, 1997 memo -- "RE: Ensuring the public's right to basic information about the Governor's judicial appointments process and protecting it from unfit appointees               

CJA's June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki -- "RE: The public's right to basic information and your unworthy appointment of Justice Nicholas Colabella to the Appellate Division, First Department"  [Colabella]   [FOIL, etc]
      Ex. A-1: Gov's press release announcing members of state judicial screening committee & 3 jud. appointments
      Ex. A-2: "Colabella to Appellate Division", NYLJ, 5/15/97
      Ex. B: Executive Order #11: Temporary Judicial Screening Committee
      Ex. C: Executive Order #10: Judicial Screening Committees
      Ex. D: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to editor, NYT, 11/16/96
      Ex. E: "Pataki Names Panels for Judicial Screening", NYLJ, 3/6/97
      Ex. F: Gov's classified ads of judicial vacancies
      Ex. G: City Bar's Uniform Judicial Questionnaire
      Ex. H: 3/24/92 front-page correction in NYLJ, with Doris Sassower's letter to the editor
      Ex. I-1: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 op-ed ad, NYT, 10/26/94
      Ex. I-2: Doris Sassower's Director's Biography
      Ex J-1: "Appellate Selection Process Stirs Concern", NYLJ, 12/10/96
      Ex. J-2: 12/16/96 item, NYLJ
      Ex. K: NY Judge Reviews (1997-8 edition)

CJA's  September 4, 1997 fax to Blair Horner/Legislative Director --
"RE: Constitutional Convention"

CJA's January 16, 1998 letter to Blair Horner --
"RE: Building a Public Interest Coalition on Judicial Selection/Discipline Issues"

CJA's January 27, 1998 letter to Blair Horner --
"RE: Building a Public Interest Coalition on Judicial Selection/Discipline Issues"

CJA's (2nd) January 27, 1998 letter to Blair Horner --
"RE: Building a Public Interest Coalition on Judicial Selection/Discipline Issues"

CJA's three January 30, 1998 fax (coversheets) to Blair Horner --
"RE: O'Rourke waiver"

CJA's February 2, 1998 fax (coversheets) to Blair Horner --
"RE: O'Rourke waiver"

CJA's February 3, 1998 letter to Blair Horner

CJA's February 3, 1998 fax to Blair Horner enclosing letter to Rachel Leon/Common Cause -- "RE: Alliance/Coalition -- O'Rourke waiver"

CJA's February 5, 1998 memo to Blair Horner --
"RE: O'Rourke Waiver"

CJA's (2nd) February 5, 1998 memo to Blair Horner --
"RE: O'Rourke Waiver"

CJA's February 9, 1998 memo to Blair Horner --
"RE: Alliance/Coalition: O'Rourke Waiver"

CJA's February 10, 1998 memo to Blair Horner --
"RE: Alliance/Coalition: O'Rourke Waiver"

CJA's February 13, 1998 fax to Blair Horner, enclosing CJA's letter to editor --
"O'Rourke Waiver"

CJA's December 22, 1999 letter to Blair Horner, enclosing CJA's letter to editor, "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals", NYPost, 12/28/98 --
"RE: NYPIRG's ethics complaints, filed with the NYS Ethics Commission"

CJA's December 27, 1999 note to Blair Horner --
"RE: NYPIRG's ethics complaints, filed with the NYS Ethics Commission"

CJA's December 30, 1999 letter to Blair Horner -- "RE: NYPIRG's ethics complaints, filed with the NYS Ethics Commission"

cc: CJA's October 26, 2001 letter to Senator David A Paterson --
"RE: CJA's Request for Legislative Hearing/Investigation of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct"
      Ex. A: inventory of transmittal
      Ex. B: M.L. Henry, Jr.'s January 16, 1987 judicial misconduct complaint
      Ex. C: Commission's acknowledgment & dismissal letters

CJA's May 15, 2002 letter to Blair Horner --
"RE: Meeting together next Friday, May 24th about the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct, etc."

CJA's December 16, 2002 fax to Russ Haven/Legislative Counsel/NYPIRG

CJA's January 29, 2003 memo to Blair Horner& Russ Haven/Legislative Counsel, on "Developing a Legislative/Advocacy Agenda for 2003"

                 CJA's January 23, 2003 memo

  
   -- SEE: Judicial Selection - NYS "Merit Selection" -- Ct of Appeals: Read

CJA's March 14, 2003 memo to Blair Horner --
"'FIXING ALBANY': March 17th meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman DeFrancisco & Ranking Member Smith
     -- CJA's March 5, 2003 memo to Senate & Assembly Judiciary Committee leadership

CJA's January 26, 2004 memo --
"Vindicating the Public's Right to Know: The Role of $ in 'Merit Selection' to the NY Court of Appeals"

     -- SEE: Judicial Selection - NY - "Merit Selection" to NY Ct of Appeals: Smith
 

2013

CJA's August 22, 2013 e-mail to Bill Mahoney --
"Achieving BOTH a Properly Functioning Legislature & the Public Trust Act (Gov Program Bill #3) -- the Sine Qua Non for 'Government Working' & 'Working for the People'"

2014

CJA's January 2, 2014 letter --
"ACHIEVING NYS BUDGET REFORM: What is Your Expert Opinion of the Budgets Proposed by New York's Judiciary & Legislative Branches? -- & How Should the Governor & Legislature be Reviewing Them, Consistent with Article VII of the NYS Constitution?  email receipt

                           NYPIRG -- analysis of 2014 legislative session

2016

CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail -- "Lawsuit challenge to the constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' -- including 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"   

CJA's March 30, 2016 e-mail -- "Lawsuit challenge to the constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' -- including 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"

CJA's March 30, 2016 e-mail - "'The Anti-Corruption Principle' -- & 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"

CJA's March 31, 2016 e-mail -- "Why are the 'good government' groups & scholars of the constitution and public fisc not educating the media about what the NYS Constitution has to say about the NYS budget?"

CJA's April 26, 2016 e-mail-- "Thank you, Dean Lane!  May you lead the way to building scholarship & informed discussion...the state budget"       

CJA's April 29, 2016 e-mail-- "Thank you, Fritz Schwarz!  Building on the Brennan Center's 2004 report by your March 23, 2016 testimony & CJA's March 23, 2016 second supplemental complaint"          -- click here for Legislative Rules Reform Resource Page

CJA's May 3, 2016 e-mail-- "Thank you, Assemblyman Steck!  Follow-up to your March 23, 2016 testimony before the Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation"

2017

CJA's April 14, 2017 e-mail to NYPIRG --
"OPPORTUNITY/OBLIGATION -- citizen-taxpayer action: March 29, 2017 OSC for declaration of unconstitutionality & unlawfulness of NYS budget -- returnable April 28, 2017"

CJA's July 18, 2017 e-mail to NYPIRG --
"CJA's citizen-taxpayer actions -- AND defendants Comptroller DiNapoli & Attorney General Schneiderman" 

CJA's July 18, 2017 e-mail to NYPIRG --
"Subject -- ALSO..."

CJA's July 31, 2017 e-mail to NYPIRG --
"Follow-up -- NYPIRG & citizen action of ordinary citizens"

CJA's July 31, 2017 e-mail to NYPIRG --
"what is NYPIRG's evidence as to the empirical difference between 'full-time' and 'part-time' legislators?

CJA's August 1, 2017 e-mail to NYPRIG--
"Thank you -- Developing effective strategies for advancing NYPIRG's 'good government' agenda"

2018

CJA's February 13, 2018 e-mail --
"NYC meeting, as discussed.  Does Feb15th or 16th still work for you?"

CJA's February 14, 2018 e-mail --
"Reminder: NYC meeting, as discussed.  Does Feb15th or 16th still work for you?"

CJA's August 13, 2018 letter --
"Achieving Our Shared Goal of an Accountable & Transparent State Budget Process & Budget: Request for Amicus Curiae Participation & Other Assistance in the Appeal..."

2022

cc: CJA's May 5, 2022 e-mail to Albany Times Union --
"Corrections & Reporting Required: 'JCOPE issues a curious letter on Cuomo --
4 years after complaint' (4/29/22) AND 'A non-fond farewell to JCOPE' (4/15/22)"

OF NOTE: 

October 2004: NYPIRG report: Reform New York: 10 Steps on the Path to Change Albany

VIDEO:  Legislature's January 24, 2017 budget hearing -- NYPIRG at 10:37 hours

January 24, 2017 written testimony of Alex Bornemisza, chair/NYPIR student board of directors

Blair Horner-- WAMC Radio: "The Campaign Season Ends, Governing Begins"  November 19, 2018

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