PUBLIC MEDIA -- NPR/PBS, etc.
Paper Trail of Suppression, Protectionism,
Blackballing, & Election-Rigging

2014

CJA's January 20, 2014 e-mail to press, including Chartock (wamc.org); DeWitt, Gorbman (NPR); Arbetter, Plock (wcny.org); Legislative Gazette; Ryan (wmht.org); Legislative Gazette --
"What Do Your Sources Inside Governor Cuomo's Office Tell You About What the Governor Will be Doing with the Proposed Judiciary & Legislative Budgets -- and what say the 'good government groups' and 'experts'?"


CJA's January 22, 2014 e-mail to press, including Chartock (wamc.org); Arbetter, Plock, Schick (wcny.org); DeWitt, Gorbman (NPR); Legislative Gazette --
"Changing the Face of the 2014 Elections:  Governor Cuomo's Larceny of Taxpayer Monies by his Yesterday's Budget"

CJA's January 25, 2014 e-mail --
"What will Astorino & Paladino say at the Jan 26-27 Conservative Party Political Action Conference about defeating Governor Cuomo & achieving a Republican/Conservative sweep in the 2014 elections?"

CJA's May 1, 2014 e-mail to press, including Chartock (wamc.org); Arbetter, Plock, Schick (wcny.org); DeWitt, Gorbman (NPR); Legislative Gazette --
"The 'Legislature's declaratory judgment action against the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption -- & US Attorney Bharara's Subpoenaing of JCOPE Complaints"

CJA's November 26, 2014 e-mail --
"Request for Daily News Coverage: Dec. 3rd Oral Argument of NYS Legislature's Declaratory Judgment Action vs Commission to Investigate Public Corruption -- 60 Centre St. Room 222"

CJA's press release of Dec 3, 2014 oral argument to intervene in Legislature's declaratory judgment action vs Commision to Investigate Public Corruption

2015

CJA's February 1, 2015 posted comment & press alert -- responding to Wayne Barrett article in Daily News --
"BUSTING 'Sheldon Silver's gang"


CJA's June 22, 2015 e-mail to press, including Arbetter (wcny.org); DeWitt, Plock (NPR); Ryan (wmht.org) --
"Psst!  What's Happening with the JCOPE/LEC Review Commission, Appointed Nearly 2 Months Ago?"  (transmitted in four parts)

CJA's October 31, 2015 to press, including Arbetter, Plock (wcny.org); Arbetter; DeWitt (NPR); Ryan (wmht.org)
"SCARY HALLOWEEN ALERT: NYLJ reports --'Hearing Set on Pay Increases for Judges, Lawmakers'";
                 included links: 
      (1)  February 6, 2013 testimony at Legislature’s "public protection" budget hearing:
                                                                          (last speaker: at 7:21:50 hrs);
      (2)  September 17, 2013 testimony before Commission to Investigate Public Corruption;
      (3) October 14, 2015 testimony before JCOPE/LEC Review Commission (at 0:44:05 mins.)

CJA's December 23, 2015 e-mail to Catherine Loper/News Director/WRVO Public Media -- (cc: DeWitt & Ryan) -- "Responding to 'DA Fitzpatrick responds to Albany corruption...' (WVRO, Dec. 23, 2015)"   Catherine Loper's CV  -- "Loper began teaching politcal reporting at Newhouse in the fall of 2014." 

2016

CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail to LCA roster, including Arbetter, Plock (wcny.org); DeWitt (NPR); Ryan (wmht.org) --
"NEWS ALERT:  Lawsuit challenging NY's 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making (1st ever?!)"   

              

CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail to LCA, with press release for distribution --
"Press Release: Lawsuit Challenging NY's 'Three-Men-in-a-Room' Budget Deal-Making (1st ever?!)

CJA's March 31, 2016 e-mail to LCA roster, including Arbetter, Plock (wcny.org); DeWitt (NPR); Ryan (wmht.org)  --
"Have you read what the NYS Constitution has to say about the NYS budget?"

CJA's October 25, 2016 e-mail to Michael Mroziak/WBFO --
"Electorally-Explosive, Big-Money Follow-Up to your Story - 'As commission ponders legislator pay raises, opinions differ between upstate and downstate'"

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