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FOIL -- ATTORNEY GENERAL

under reconstruction

1994

1.
CJA's December 16, 1994 FOIL

2.
CJA's December 23, 1994 FOIL

CJA's January 13, 1995 fax
CJA's January 27, 1995 fax

AG's January 30, 1995 letter

AG's March 30, 1995 response

AG's July 17, 1995 response


1999

CJA's October 15, 1999 FOIL

AG's October 15, 1999 acknowledgment

CJA's December 6, 1999 additional FOIL

AG's December 14, 1999 acknowledgment

AG's January 19, 2000 response
AG's February 1, 2000 response

CJA's February 25, 2000 response

AG's March 13, 2000 response

CJA's March 22, 2000 letter

CJA's April 24, 2000 letter


2001

CJA's March 26, 2001 FOIL

AG's March 27, 2000 acknowledgment

CJA's May 9, 2001 letter

AG's June 26, 2001 response

Preeta Bansal  Michael Belohavek Richard Rifkin Michele Hirshman David Nocenti
Carol Fischer  Carolyn  Olson  June Duffy  Peter Pope  Joseph Palozzola
Charles Sanders  Constantine Speres  William Toran  William Casey
Mark Gimpel    James Henly   Michael Kennedy


2011

1.
CJA's July 19, 2011 letter/FOIL --
"...FOIL & Project Sunlight Requests: Posting of the Record of the Judicial Compensation Lawsuits on the Attorney General's Website -- &/or Providing the Record to the Center for Judicial Accountability for Posting on its Website"

AG's July 26, 2011 acknowledgment  #110450

AG's Agust 24, 2011 extension

AG's September 26, 2011 response    CD from AG

 

2.
CJA's September 19, 2011 FOIL
--
"Request for Records Pertaining to Retention of Outside Counsel
to Represent Defendants in the Judicial Compensation Lawsuits,
Pursuant to FOIL & the Attorney General's Project Sunlight Initiative"

AG's September 26, 2011 acknowledgment  #110599

AG's October 26, 2011 extension

AG's December 7, 2011 response   CD from AG

 

3.
CJA's December 1, 2011 letter/FOIL 
-- 
(1) DEFICIENCIES IN YOUR RESPONSE TO FOIL REQUEST #110450: CJA’s July 19, 2011 letter: “… FOIL & Project Sunlight Requests for Posting of the Record of the Judicial Compensation Lawsuits on the Attorney General’s Website – &/or Providing the Record to the Center for Judicial Accountability for Posting on its Website”;
(2)
 NEW FOIL/PROJECT SUNLIGHT REQUEST: All publicly-available documents bearing upon: “the inexplicable failure of the Attorney General’s Office and the Dolan firm to have moved to reargue the palpably deficient February 23, 2010 decision before the Court of Appeals or to have filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, where the consequences were so violative of the New York Constitution and so potentially catastrophic to New York taxpayers – and where the dissent of Judge Smith would have dismissed all claims”  (CJA’s July 19, 2011 letter, at p. 8, underlining in the original)

AG's December 8, 2011 response -- #110450 & 110756

AG's January 9, 2012 further response -- #110450      CD from AG

 

2012

CJA's August 23, 2012 FOIL --
"Request for Records -- Emily Pines, et al. v. State of New York, Pursuant to FOIL & Attorney General's Project Sunlight Initiative"

AG's August 30, 2012 acknowledgment -- #120532

AG's September 18, 2012 response


CJA's October 18, 2012 letter

AG's October 29, 2012 response    CD with Record on Appeal & briefs

CJA's March 5, 2013 letter

AG's March 12, 2013 letter   
CD with memos of law



2014

1.
CJA's July 1, 2014 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc
"Contract/Retainer for Legal Services of Michael Koenig, Esq.
as Counsel to the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption"

Comptroller: 
July 10, 2014 acknowledgment
July 14, 2014: "unable to locate any records"

Attorney General: 
July 9, 2014 acknowledgment
August 6, 2014 response 
 
pages 1-20:  "The Commission does not currently have in-house counsel
and must therefore retain the services of an outside law firm.";
see June 4, 2014 ltr of Commission Co-Chair Milton Williams, Jr.; Contract #C000438 (DOB & law firm) -- July 24, 2014; pages 21-26
 

Governor
July 9, 2014 acknowledgment
August 6, 2014 response


2.
CJA's December 17, 2014 FOIL request to Attorney General, etc.

Comptroller's December 23, 2014 response

enclosure -- AG's March 12, 2015 response with 1-page attachment


 

2016

1.
CJA's September 28, 2016 FOIL request --
"Assistant Attorney General Adrienne Kerwin
& Guidelines, Policies & Procedures"

AG's October 5, 2016 acknowledgment -- #160706

AG's November 3, 2016 response  enclosures

CJA's December 1, 2016 FOIL appeal

AG Appeal Officer's December 15, 2016 decision  enclosure



CJA's December 5, 2016 FOIL request to Attorney General --
"'rules and regulations' promulgated by the Attorney General
pursuant to Public Officers Law
 
§17(3)(c)"

        AG's December 12, 2016 acknowledgment (#160856)

        AG's January 11, 2017 response

       
AG Appeal Officer's January 31, 2017 determination of appeal

             NYCRR Title 13 -- Department of Law 

 

CJA's December 5, 2016 FOIL request to Comptroller, Attorney General,
Governor, Senate & Assembly
 --
"Comptroller's annual accountings pursuant to Public Officers Law 17(3)(d)

    Legislature
Assembly's December 9, 2016 response


       
Senate's December 12, 2016 response

        Comptroller
Comptrollers' December 12, 2016 acknowledgment


       Comptroller's January 11, 2017 response
                  Enclosure  1     Enclosure  2     Enclosure 3

Attorney General
AG's December 12, 2016 acknowledgment (#160857)


        AG's January 11, 2017 response

 Governor
Governor's December 12, 2016 acknowledgment


        Governor's January 11, 2017 extension

        Governor's February 10, 2017 response

 

CJA's December 5, 2016 FOIL request to Attorney General --
"Attorney General's 'register' pursuant to Executive Law 
§65"

         AG's December 12, 2016 acknowledgment  (#160858)

        AG's January 11, 2017 response

        CJA's January 12, 2017 e-mail --
"Clarification of FOIL response #160858 --
The A.G.'s Register pursuant to Executive Law 65"


        
AG Appeal Officer's January 17, 2017 e-mail

        AG Appeal Officer's January 31, 2017 letter


CJA's November 28, 2016 FOIL request to Attorney General --
"The 'Independent audits' of the...Attorney General pursuant to Executive Law 
§954"

           AG's December 5, 2016 acknowledgment

           AG's December 29, 2016 response
   

 

 

 

 

2019

1.
CJA's April 1, 2019 FOIL request to Attorney General --
"McKinney v. Commissioner of NYS Dept of Health"

AG's April 1, 2019 acknowledgment  #G000243-040119

AG's April 8, 2019 extension

AG's May 1, 2019 response

2.
CJA's April 12, 2019 FOIL request to Attorney General --
salaries

AG's April 12, 2019 acknowledgment  #G000260-041219

AG's April 19, 2019 acknowledgment

AG's May 17, 2019 response   attachment

3.

CJA's October 2, 2019 FOIL/Records Request to AG --
"'rules and regulations' promulgated by the Attorney General
pursuant to Public Officers Law §17(3)(c)

AG's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #G000718-100219

AG's October 11, 2019 response

 

4.
CJA's October 2, 2019 FOIL/Records Request to Attorney General, etc. --
"The 'Independent audits' of the Comptroller and Attorney General
pursuant to Executive Law
§954

Attorney General
AG's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #G000715-100219
AG's November 7, 2019 extension letter

AG's December 23, 2019 response  
Enclosure --
see p. 71: AG's RFP -- due June 21, 2006
see p. 108: AG's July 18, 2006 letter to Toski, awarding contract

Comptroller
Comptroller's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #2019-0544
Comptroller's November 7, 2019 extension letter
Comptroller's December 12, 2019 response
Enclosures --
Comptroller's September 10, 2014 request for proposals  
Names of accounting firms that submitted proposals  
Toski's September 8, 2014 proposal

Toski September 8, 2014 -- attachment B
Toski's September 8, 2014 -- attachment C   
Toski's September 8, 2015 internal control report: Jan 31-March 31, 2015 

2.
CJA's October 2, 2019 FOIL/Records Request
--
"Comptroller's annual accountings pursuant to Public Officers Law
§17(3)(d)"

Attorney General
AG's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment -- #G000720-100219
AG's October 11, 2019 response

Comptroller
Comptroller's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment
Comptroller's October 28, 2019 response  
Enclosure-2017    Enclosure-2018    Enclosure-2019

Legislature
Assembly's October 9, 2019 response
Senate's October 10, 2019 response

Governor
Governor's October 9, 2019 acknowledgment

Governor's December 5, 2019 response   Enclosures

2020

1.
CJA's February 19, 2020 FOIL request to "Partners in Government" --
"The 'very simple' budget numbers on Governor Cuomo's 'Partners in Government'
slide at his January 21, 2020 Executive Budget address" 
to AG

Comptroller:
February 26, 2020 acknowledgment
June 17, 2020 response

Governor:
February 26, 2020 acknowledgment

Division of the Budget:
March 4, 2020 acknowledgment
March 20, 2020 response

Attorney General:
February 26, 2020 acknowledgment (#G000117-021920)
March 30, 2020 response

Senate:


Assembly
February 26, 2020 response

links:  https://nyassembly.gov/2020budget/
https://nyassembly.gov/2020budget/?sec=executive_bills

OCA:
February 19, 2020 acknowledgment

2.
CJA's April 15, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Silver v. Pataki/Pataki v. Assembly & Senate"
  
&
here

Attorney General
April 23, 2020 acknowledgment
May 7, 2020 extension letter
May 20, 2020 response

Comptroller
April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 20, 2020 extension
August 12, 2020 response

Governor
April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 8, 2020 response

Assembly
April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 20, 2020 extension letter
CJA's March 22, 2021 e-mail
Assembly's March 22, 2021 response -- attached Sept. 30, 2020 letter
CJA's March 22, 2021 repy -- attached Sept. 30, 2020 transmitting e-mail


Senate
April 22, 2020 response

 


4.
CJA's Apil 20, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Jastrzemsky & Hurley lawsuits vs Public Campaign Financing & Election Commission"
& here


Comptroller
April 27, 2020 acknowledgment


Attorney General
April 27, 2020 acknowledgment --236


5.
CJA's April 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Comptroller, etc. --
"SAM-Party-NY & Michael Volpe v. Cuomo, et al (SDNY #1:20-cv-00323-JGK)"
& here

Comptroller
May 6, 2020 acknowledgment
June 4, 2020 extension
October 2, 2020 response
enclosure #1    #2   #3   #4   #5

Attorney General -- 258
responsive records

 

2021

1.
CJA's March 22, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller --
"CJA's April 15, 2020 FOIL/records request -- Silver v. Pataki/Pataki v. Assembly & Senate"  

April 22, 2020 acknowledgment
May 20, 2020 extension
August 12, 2020 response

 

3.
CJA's April 28, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Why Didn't She Recuse Herself? 
NY's Top Judge Sided With Her Own Greenberg Traurig Lawyer"
(NYLJ, April 26, 2021)

OCA
April 29, 2021 response
enclosure  enclosure  

Attorney General
June 4, 2021 response

[Appellate Division, Third Dept's March 9, 2021 opinion & order -- Gesmer]

4.
CJA's April 29, 2021 FOIL request to Comptroller, etc. --
"Retention of amicus curiae counsel in Delgado v NYS
(Albany Co. #907537-18; 3rd Dept #529556)"

Attorney General
June 4, 2021 response

Assembly
May 6, 2021 acknowledgment
May 17, 2021 response
Enclosures:  contract; extension #1; extension #2; vouchers

Governor  (#3422)
May 6, 2021 acknowledgment
June 3, 2021 extension
August 13, 2021 letter
enclosure #1 contract   #2 9-22-20 invoice   #3 10-14-20-invoice

 

 





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