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click here for website of:
NEW YORK STATE LAW REVISION COMMISSION

Legislative Law, Article 4-A

SCREENSHOT OF Commission's homepage (May 23, 2026)
"The New York State Law Revision Commission has been inactive since 2016. 
Please note that this website is not actively monitored or updated."

"The Law Revision Commission was created by Chapter 597 of the Laws of 1934
which enacted Article 4-A of the Legislative Law.  The Commission is the oldest continuous agency
in the common-law world devoted to law reform through legislation."

SCREENSHOT OF Commission's member page (May 23, 2026) 

1.
CJA's June 22, 2016 letter to Senate, Assembly, & Governor --
"FOIL/RECORDS REQUEST: New York State Law Review Commission"
 

Here's the CJA's June 22, 2016 transmitting e-mail,with its request

ASSEMBLY
June 30, 2016 response

SENATE
June 29, 2016 acknowledgment 

July 21, 2016 response

GOVERNOR
June 28, 2016 response

DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
July 15, 2016 acknowledgment letter 
December 22, 2016 extension letter
May 4, 2017 response
Enclosures:  SFY 1990-91 to SFY 2008-09  & SFY 2009-10 to SFY 2015-16

                                                                                                            

2.
cc to Law Revision Commission & its Chair Peter Kiernan
CJA's April 18, 2017 e-mail to Rockefeller Institute of Government
--
"In search of scholarship: 'Budgets and the Balance of Power:
The Lasting Impact of Silver v. Pataki and How It Shapes
the Future of Government in New York State' --
June 16, 2015 forum"

VIDEOS: June 16, 2016 forum: 
"Budgets & the Balance of Power:
The Lasting Impact of Silver v. Pataki &

How It Shapes the Future of Government in New York State"

* * *

cc: CJA's April 18, 2017 e-mail to Henry Greenberg, Esq.
cc:  April 18, 2017 e-mail from James McGuire, Esq. 
cc:
April 18, 2017 e-mail from Richard Brodsky, Esq.
cc:  April 18, 2017 e-mail from McGuire
cc: CJA's April 18, 2017 e-mail e-mail to McGuire & Brodsky --
"what are you talking about?..."

* * *

cc:  CJA's July 20, 2017 e-mail to Rockefeller Institute of Government --
"STILL in search of scholarship..."

Rockefeller Institute webpages on: 
constitutional convention   Researchers   Board
 

cc: CJA's October 6, 2017 e-mail to Rockefeller Institute of Government --
"Suing to Secure Constitutional Governance: Surer & More Expedient than a Constitutional Convention"

[this 2017 correspondence is part of CJA's further outreach: here]

3.
CJA's May 21, 2021 letter to Law Revision Commission,
Governor, Division of Budget, Senate, Assembly
--
"FOIL/RECORDS REQUEST: New York State Law Revision Commission"  transmitting e-mail

attaching -- (1) CJA's April 18, 2017 e-mail  
CJA's webpage for March 29, 2017 OSC & verified supplemental complaint
(2) CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Senate, Assembly, & Governor
CJA's EVIDENTIARY webpage for March 18, 2020 letter

ASSEMBLY 
May 28, 2021 response

SENATE
CJA's December 1, 2021 e-mail to Senate --
 "STATUS? -- CJA's May 21, 2021 FOIL request: New York State Law Revision Commission"

DIVISION OF THE BUDGET
May 27, 2021 extension letter
August 25, 2021 extension letter
September 24, 2021 response


GOVERNOR
CJA's November 30, 2021 e-mail
--
"Your assigned FOIL numbers: #3422 and #3483 -- & the status of CJA's May 21, 2021 FOIL request
concerning the NYS Law Revision Commission"  
  #3483  July 1  July 30

CJA's November 30, 2021 e-mail --
"Is FOIL #3483 the number you assigned to CJA's May 21, 2021 FOIL request
concerning the NYS Law Revision Commission -- & what is its status?"

December 7, 2021 acknowledgment
February 3, 2022 extension letter

April 1, 2022 extension letter
June 7, 2022 response & here again

--being repaired.  It says:
"To the extent your request is reasonably described,
the New York State Executive Chamber has conducted a diligent search of available records
and has not located any records responsive to your request. Additionally, please be advised
that the New York State Executive Chamber is not the custodian for certain records requested."

 

4.
CJA's December 1, 2021 e-mail to Law Revision Commission --
"Where is your response to CJA's May 21, 2021 FOIL request
pertaining to the New York State Law Revision Commission?"

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March 12, 1991
"
Cuts Imperil Law Revision Commission"
New York Law Journal (Gary Spencer)
                                                                                                                                 
March 15, 1995
"
Governor Pataki Fires Staff Of Law Revision Commission"
New York Law Journal (Gary Spencer)

July 11, 2016
"
Defunding the New York State Law Revision Commission"
Albany Law School: Government Law Center
(Bennett Liebman, Esq.)

referred-to 1935 Cornell law review article:
Law Revision Commission of the State of New York. 
Its Organization, Procedure Program and Accomplishment

(John MacDonald, Simon Rosenzweig)

September 2017
"
Legislation and Law Revision Commissions:
One Option for the Management and Maintenance of Ever-Increasing Bodies of Statutory Law
",
Seton Hall Legislative Journal, September 2017, Vol. 41, #2 (pp. 329-360)
(Laura Tharney, Esq. -- Executive Director -- NJ Law Revision Commission;
Samuel Silver, Esq. -- Counsel)

 

 

 


                                                                                                               


 




 

 

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