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CJA Leads the Way to NYS Budget Reform...

 

webpage for January 14, 2014 letter


 Legislature's January 10, 2014 Announcement of Budget Hearings

 

CJA's January 14, 2014 letter to "The Appropriate Committees of the Legislature" -- "Vindicating the Public’s Rights under Article VII, §1 of the NYS Constitution & Legislative Law §32-a:
      (1) request to testify at the Legislature’s joint budget hearings in opposition to the proposed Judiciary & Legislative budgets;
      (2) request for information/records as to the process, if any, by which the Legislature’s proposed budget was compiled."
              -- January 14, 2014 transmittal to recipients

MEET "THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE LEGISLATURE"

Senate Judiciary Committee --
                 primary jurisdiction over Judiciary budget

        Chair:  John J. Bonacic -- added pay $18,000 (law degree from Fordham Law School; former co-chair/Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform)
        Ranking Member:  Ruth Hassell-Thompson -- added pay $11,000

Senate Committee on Investigations & Government Operations
            -- primary jurisdiction over Legislative budget 

       Chair: Carl L. Marcellino -- added pay $15,000
       Ranking Member: Brad Hoylman -- added pay $9,500

Senate Finance Committee -- overall budgetary jurisdiction

       Chair: John A. DeFrancisco -- added pay $34,000
       Ranking Member: Liz Krueger -- added pay $20,500

Assembly Judiciary Committee
                  -- primary jurisdiction of Judiciary budget

      Chair: Helene E. Weinstein -- added pay $18,000 (law degree-New England School of Law)
      Ranking Member:  Michael Montesano -- added pay $11,000  (law degree-CUNY Law School)

  • William Barclay -- law degree: Syracuse University College of Law (also member/Ways & Means)
  • Edward Braunstein -- law degree: New York Law School
  • David Buchwald -- law degree: Harvard Law School;  & masters from Kennedy School of Gov't 
    (also member/Assembly Oversight, Analysis & Investigation)
  • Jeffrey Dinowitz -- law degree: Brooklyn Law School
  • Al Graf -- law degree: Touro Law School
  • Edward Hennessey -- law degree: Touro Law School
  • Charles Lavine -- law degree: New York Law School
  • Chad Lupinacci -- law degree: Hofstra Law School
  • Daniel O'Donnell -- law degree: CUNY Law School
  • Dan Quart -- law degree: St. John's Law School
  • Sean Ryan -- law degree: Brooklyn Law School
  • Aravella Simotas -- law degree: Fordham Law School
  • Phil Steck -- law degree: University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Claudia Tenney -- law degree: Taft College of Law/Univ of Cincinnati
  • Matthew Titone -- law degree: St. John's Law School
  • Michele Titus -- law degree: Albany Law School
  • David Weprin -- law degree: Hofstra Law School
  • Kenneth Zebrowski -- law degree: Seton Hall University School of Law

    • Assembly Committee on Governmental Operations
               -- primary jurisdiction of Legislative budget

             Chair: Steve Englebright -- added pay $12,500
                 Ranking Member:  Janet L. Duprey -- added pay $9,000
                                                also "Secretary, Minority Conference"
  • Michael Benedetto
    •
  • David Buchwald -- law degree: Harvard Law School (also member/Assembly Judiciary)
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  • Sandy Galef
  • Deborah Glick (also member/Assembly Ways & Means)
  • Andy Goodell -- law degree: Cornell Law School
  • Mark Johns
  • Ron Kim
  • Kieran Michael Lalor
  • Margaret Markey  (married to Supreme Court justice)
  • Crystal Peoples-Stokes
  • Michelle Schimel
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  • Assembly Ways & Means Committee
                 -- overall budgetary jurisdiction

           Chair: Herman D. Farrell, Jr. -- added pay $34,000
           Ranking Member: Bob Oaks     -- added pay $20,500

  • Jeffrion Aubry
  • William Barclay -- law degree: Syracuse College of Law (also member/Assembly Judiciary)
  • Michael Benedetto
  • Kevin Cahill -- law degree: Albany Law School
  • William Colton -- law degree: St. John's Law School
  • Vivian Cook
  • Jane Corwin
  • Clifford Crouch
  • Michael Cusick
  • Janet Duprey (ranking member/Assembly Governmental Operations)
  • Michael Fitzpatrick
  • David Gantt
  • Deborah Glick -- member/Assembly Judiciary; Governmental Operations
  • Stephen Hawley
  • Carl Heastie
  • Earlene Hooper
  • Rhoda Jacobs
  • Joseph Lentol -- law degree: Baltimore University Law School
  • Nicole Malliotakis
  • Margaret Markey  (married to Supreme Court justice)
  • Joan Millman
  • Catherine Nolan
  • Félix Ortiz
  • N. Nick Perry
  • J. Gary Pretlow
  • Joseph Saladino
  • William Scarborough
  • Robin Schimminger -- law degree: New York University
  • Fred Thiele, Jr. -- law degree: Albany Law School (member/Assembly Oversight, Analysis & Investigation)
  • Raymond Walter -- law degree: University of Buffalo
  • Helene Weinstein  -- law degree: New England School of Law (chair/Assembly Judiciary)
  • Keith L.T. Wright -- law degree: Rutgers Law School
                     State Co-Chair/NYS Democratic Party
     

    Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis, & Investigation
           -- secondary jurisdiction over Legislative & Judiciary budgets

             Chair: Andrew Hevesi  -- added pay $12,500
             Ranking Member:      Michael Montesano -- added pay $9,000
                                        also "Assistant Minority Whip"

  • Michael Kearns
  • William Magnarelli -- law degree: Syracuse University Law School
  • Philip Palmesano
  • Annette Robinson
  • Fred Thiele, Jr. -- law degree: Albany Law School (member/Assembly Ways & Means)

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    Senate Judiciary Committee:

     

    February 27, 2014 committee meeting:
    (4 minutes, 26 seconds: 5 senators present
    (Bonacic, Little, Stavisky, Zeldin, Holyman)

    February 4, 2014 interview:
    "Senator John Bonacic discusses the Judiciary committee"

     February 4, 2014 committee meeting: 
    3 minutes, 38 seconds: 4 senators present
    (Bonacic, O'Mara, Stavisky, Hoylman)

    January 28, 2014 committee meeting:
    7 minutes, 33 seconds: 6 senators present
    (Bonacic Little, Hoylman, Addabo, Stavisky,
    (Breslin-arrival at midpoint))

    January 15, 2014 posting of 2013 Annual Report

     

    Senate Committee on Investigations
    & Government Operations

    January 14, 2014 committee meeting:
    8 minutes, 3 seconds: 4 senators present
    (Marcellino, Hoylman, Diaz, (Golden, arriving at midpoint))

     

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