Archive of CJA's Testimonies, since 2013,
at & for the NYS Legislature's Budget Hearings

2013

VIDEO & EVIDENTIARY WEBPAGE for CJA's testimony
at the Legislature's Feb 6, 2013 budget hearing on "public protection"


2014
NOT PERMITTED TO TESTIFY

CJA's Jan 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."

CJA's Jan 29, 2014 letter to Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members -- 
"Your Mandatory Duty under Legislative Law §32-a to Hear Testimony in Opposition
to the Legislature’s Proposed Budget & Governor Cuomo’s Budget Bill #S.6351/A.8551 at Public Budget Hearings"

CJA's Feb 3, 2014 e-mail to Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"Request to Testify in Opposition to ANY Funding for the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption -- including the proposed $270,000 appropriation"

CJA's Feb 21, 2014 letter to Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"Restoring Value to Your Sham and Rigged February 5, 2014 'Public Protection' Budget Hearing on the Judiciary’s Proposed Budget by Appropriate Questioning of Chief Administrative Judge Prudenti"

2015
NOT PERMITTED TO TESTIFY

CJA's Feb 23, 2015 letter to Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members –
“YOUR FEBRUARY 26, 2015 ‘PUBLIC PROTECTION’ BUDGET HEARING: Reconsidering Your Denial of CJA’s Request to Testify, Pursuant to Legislative Law 32-a, in Opposition to the Proposed Judiciary and Legislative Budgets – and the Governor’s Budget Bill #S.2001/A.3001”

2016
NOT PERMITTED TO TESTIFY

CJA's Feb 18, 2016 letter to Fiscal Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"Your Violation of Legislative Law §32-a with Respect to the Judiciary and Legislative Budgets for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 – and Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001:  Answers to Questions & Requests for:  (1) your findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to those matters about which you reasonably knew I would be testifying at the Feb. 4, 2016 'public protection' budget hearing, had you permitted me to testify;
           (2) posting of this letter on your webpages of written statements/testimonies submitted for the Feb. 4, 2016 'public protection' budget hearing – & its inclusion in the record." 

CJA's Jan 28, 2016 letter to Fiscal & Judiciary Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"The Legislature’s February 4, 2016 “Public Protection” Budget Hearing: Your scrutiny of the Judiciary’s two-part budget and of the Governor’s Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001, embodying the Judiciary’s discrepant “single budget bill”  

  CJA's Feb 2, 2016 e-mail to Fiscal & Judiciary Committee Chairs & Ranking Members --
"Feb. 4th 'Public Protection' Budget Hearing: Questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks"
attaching
"QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MARKS"