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NYS Judicial Compensation

PRIOR ARTICLES & EDITORIALS OF THE NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL
(far from complete listing)


1998

EDITORIAL:  November 24, 1998: "Time for a Raise for Judges
                      (now when was the last time you saw a NYLJ editorial?)

2007

EDITORIAL:  April 11, 2007:  "Bar Should Mobilize for Judicial Salary Hikes" --
                     (with editors' note)


2008

January 9, 2008:  "Citing Economic Hardship, N.Y. Judge Plans to Quit", Daniel Wise

January 14, 2008:  "Second Ruling is Promised in N.Y. Judicial Pay", Daniel Wise

April 11, 2008:  "Kaye Sues State Over Judicial Salaries", Joel Stashenko, Daniel Wise

April 11, 2008:  "Excerpts"

June 2, 2008:  "Impact on N.Y. Judges of No Raise Is 'Key' to Case", Daniel Wise

June 11, 2008:  "Governor, Legislature Ordered To Raise Pay of State's Judges", Daniel Wise

November 14, 2008:  "Albany Panel Dismisses Judicial Pay Suit", Joel Stashenko


2009

April 3, 2009:  "Budget Glitch Does Not Mean Raise, Judges Told", Joel Stashenko

June 3, 2009:  "N.Y. Appeals Court Backs Judicial Pay Raise", Noeleen Walder

June 16, 2009:  "Lehner Again Orders Albany To Raise Judges' Salaries", Daniel Wise

July 21, 2009:  "'Rule of Necessity' Could be Invoked in Judicial Pay Suits", Joel Stashenko

August 3, 2009:  "Chief Judge Steps Up Lobbying To Obtain Pay Raises for Judges", Joel Stashenko

August 4, 2009:  "News in Brief:  Second Department Judge Quits Over Lack of a Raise", Daniel Wise

September 25, 2009:  "Court of Appeals to Hear Judicial Pay Cases in January", Joel Stashenko

October 2, 2009:  "Legislature Appeals Ruling Ordering Raise for Judges", Daniel Wise

October 15, 2009:  “Citing Lack of Raise, Lippman Boosts Judge Allowance to $10,000” Noreleen Walder


2010

January 4, 2010:  "'Linkage' Challenge Raises Separation-of-Powers Issues", Joel Stashenko

January 13, 2010:  "Judges Bridle at Claim They Lack Raise Power", Joel Stashenko

January 20, 2010:  "Lippman Defends Courts' Budget Against Criticism by Governor", Joel Stashenko

February 24, 2010:  "Denial of Raise is Rules Unconstitutional", Joel Stashenko

February 24, 2010:  "Another Round of Lobbying Anticipated in Legislature", Noeleen Walder, Joel Stashenko

February 24, 2010:  "Key Developments in Judges' Pay Cases"

April 28, 2010:  "After Cuts, Pfau Vows to Support Judiciary's Supplemental Fund", Joel Stashenko

June 8, 2010:  "Judges Can Take Pay for Some Artistic Activities, Panel Says", Mark Fass

July 19, 2010: "New Judicial Pay Lawsuit Targets $51 Million Budget", Noeleen Walder

September 28, 2010:  "Citing Lack of Raises, OCA Trims Curbs on Judicial Moonlighting", Noeleen Walder

October 18, 2010:  "Memo Outlines Factors Courts Will Consider on Moonlighting", Noeleen Walder

November 15, 2010: "Family Trumps Love of Law for Departing Justice", Daniel Wise

November 19, 2010: "Judges Ask Court to Enforce Directive for Review of Pay", Joel Stashenko

December 1, 2010:  "N.Y. Legislation Creates Judicial Pay Commission", Joel Stashenko

December 2, 2010:  "Pay Commission Prompts Mixed Reviews From the Bench", Joel Stashenko, Noeleen Walder

December 13, 2010:  "Lippman Predicts Sizable Raise for Judiciary After Bill Signing", Daniel Wise


2011

January 11, 2011:  "Judges' Suit Seeks $780 Million in Back Pay, Pension Benefits", Joel Stashenko

January 13, 2011:  "Informal Poll Shows Frustration Over Pay Continues for Judiciary", Joel Stashenko
        survey -- all judges survey -- NYC judges survey -- outside judges outside NYC

January 18, 2011:  "Judges Present Range of Part-Time Job Requests in Pursuit of Extra Pay", Stashenko

January 19, 2011:  "Judges Lose Bid to Reargue Pay Suit at Court of Appeals", Stashenko

February 1, 2011:  "Assembly Member Offers Bill to Prohibit Payments to Judges", Joel Stashenko --

February 14, 2011:  "2009 Budget Action Obligates N.Y. to Hike Judges' Pay, Court Finds", Joel Stashenko

March 31, 2011:  "Judges Renew Pay-Raise Effort Via Lawsuit", Daniel Wise

April 14, 2011:  "High-Paid Non-Judicial Court Workers Set for Deferred Raises", Joel Stashenko

May 6, 2011: "At Law Day in Brooklyn, Talk of Budget Cuts, Lack of Pay Raise"

JUNE 13, 2011:  "Cuomo Appointments Finalize Judicial Pay Panel",
front-page NYLJ lead "News in Brief" item by Joel Stashenko


internet -- lead "News in Brief"


 

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Menu of CJA's webpages on NYS Judicial Compensation:

CJA's Lawsuit to Stop the Judicial Pay Raises as Unconstitutional, Statutorily-Violative, & Fraudulent

CJA's October 27, 2011 Opposition Report to the "Final Report of the Commission on Judicial Compensation"
 

Judicial Compensation Commission's July 20, 2011 Hearing & Related Info

       
   --  CJA's handout & referred-to webpage: Bringing Transparency, Evidence & Public Accountability to the One-Sided, Media-Created View (Swallowed Whole from the Judicial-Legal Establishment) that NYS Judges are Underpaid & Entitled to a Raise

The Judicial Compensation Lawsuits & Court of Appeals Decision -- Both Fraudulent


The Press in Action -- A Chronicle of Superficiality, Bias, & Journalistic Fraud

 
          --     New York Law Journal coverage prior to CJA's May 23, 2011 letter
           --    
New York Times coverage prior to CJA's May 23, 2011 letter
          
--     coverage by other press prior to CJA's June 13, 2011 letter

           --      press response to CJA's October 27, 2011 Opposition Report

The Sacrificed Court Employees, Terminated to Save Money
       

Genesis of CJA's Activism on NY's Judicial Compensation Issue  

 

 

 

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