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REINVENT ALBANY
May 5, 2010 --
"Albany on the Record" --
Sponsored by Reinvent Albany &
Co-Sponsored by:
League of Women Voters; NYPIRG; Common Cause; Citizens
Union;
Brennan Center for Justice
2013
Reinvent Albany's "Money in Politics in New
York: Sept. 20 edition" -- reporting on Sept 17, 2013 hearing of the
Commission to Investigate Public Corruption
(see
VIDEO of CJA's testimony,
which Reinvent Albany presumably viewed, live)
2016
CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail to "good-gov't"
groups -- (including Rachel
Fauss/Citizens Union)
"Lawsuit challenge to
the constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' --
including 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
CJA's March 28, 2016 e-mail --
"Lawsuit challenge to
the constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' --
including 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
March 29, 2016 e-mail from Reinvent Albany
CJA's March 30, 2016 e-mail --
"Lawsuit challenge to the
constitutionality & lawfulness of NYS' budget 'process' -- including
3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
March 30, 2016 e-mail from Reinvent Albany
CJA's March 30, 2016 e-mail to
Professor/Congressional Candidate Zephyr Teachout
(with cc's) -
"'The Anti-Corruption
Principle' -- & 3-men-in-a-room budget deal-making"
CJA's March 31, 2016 e-mail --
"Why are the 'good government'
groups & scholars of the constitution and public fisc not educating
the media about what the NYS Constitution has to say about the NYS
budget?"
CJA's April 26, 2016 e-mail --
"Thank you, Dean Lane!
May you lead the way to building scholarship & informed
discussion...the state budget"
CJA's
April 29, 2016 e-mail--
"Thank you, Fritz
Schwarz! Building on the Brennan Center's 2004 report by your
March 23, 2016 testimony & CJA's March 23, 2016 second supplemental
complaint"
-- click here for
Legislative Rules Reform
Resource Page
CJA's May 3, 2016 e-mail--
"Thank you, Assemblyman
Steck! Follow-up to your March 23, 2016 testimony before the
Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation"
2017
CJA's April 18, 2017 e-mail to Reinvent Albany --
"OPPORTUNITY/OBLIGATION -- citizen-taxpayer action: March 29, 2017 OSC for
declaration of unconstitutionality & unlawfulness of NYS budget --
returnable April 28, 2017"
2018
CJA's August 13, 2018 letter
--
"Achieving Our Shared Goal of an Accountable &
Transparent State Budget Process & Budget: Request for Amicus Curiae
Participation & Other Assistance in the Appeal..."
transmitting e-mail
mailing-confirmation
November 30, 2018 hearing of the Committee on Legislative & Executive
Compensation -- VIDEO of hearing -- CJA director at 25:45 mins; Reinvent
Albany immediately thereafter
2019
CJA's April 23, 2019 e-mail
--
"REQUEST FOR AMICUS CURIAE
SUPPORT & OTHER ASSISTANCE:
CJA's Citizen-Taxpayer Action, NOW AT THE COURT
OF APPEALS, on an appeal of right on the issues of constitutional
construction directly involved"
CJA's April 23, 2019 e-mail --
"CJA's WEBSITE
& WEBPAGES NOW OPERATIONAL -- REQUEST FOR AMICUS CURIAE SUPPORT & OTHER
ASSISTANCE..."
2020
CJA's March 23, 2020 e-mail --
"NYS Budget: GOOD NEWS During the Coronavirus Emergency About
Eliminating its Policy, Non-Budgetary Content"
March 16, 2020 press release
“Good
Gov't Groups to NYS Lawmakers:
‘Keep Policy Out of the Budget’”
March 18, 2020
"Watchdog
groups, Republican lawmakers make plea for a transparent
and policy-free budget this year"
Legislative Gazette (Emma Misiaszek)
CJA's March 31, 2020 e-mail --
"Securing honest diagnosis of the state of the NYS Budget -- & of the
Court of Appeals' 2004 decision in Pataki v. Assembly/Silver v. Pataki,
4 NY3d 75"
2022
cc:
CJA's May 5, 2022 e-mail to
Albany Times Union --
"Corrections & Reporting Required: 'JCOPE issues a curious
letter on Cuomo --
4 years after complaint' (4/29/22) AND 'A non-fond farewell
to JCOPE' (4/15/22)"
cc:
CJA's May 6, 2022 e-mail to JCOPE --
"Setting the record straight on
Executive Law §94 -- as to JCOPE & CELG --
& taking the emergency
correction action with respect thereto
warranted by CJA's April 13, 2022
complaint (#22-052)"
cc:
CJA's May 16, 2022 e-mail to Inspector General
--
"(1) Your flagrant violations of
your own policy, procedure & Executive Law Art. 4-A
pertaining to
CJA's Nov. 2, 2021complaint vs JCOPE, etc; (2) Confirmation that you
will have no jurisdiction over CELG, in contrast to JCOPE"
CJA's June
9, 2022 e-mail to "JCOPE Must Go" Coalition Members
--
"NOTICE: Lawsuit vs JCOPE, et
al. (#904235-22/Albany County) -- & your ethical and professional
responsibilities to the Peopls of the State of NY with respect thereto"
CJA's June 16, 2022 e-mail to "JCOPE Must GO" Coalition Members --
"NOTICE OF CANCELLATION of tomorrow's oral argument on TRO,
hopefully to be rescheduled to Wed. June 22nd -- CJA, et al v. JCOPE, et
al (Albany Co. #904235-22)"
CJA's July 2, 2022 e-mail to "JCOPE MUST GO" Coalition Members --
"TIME
IS OF THE ESSENCE -- TRO/Preliminary Injunction: 'ethics commission reform
act of 2022' --
CJA, et al. v. JCOPE, at al. (Albany Co. #904235-22)"
2023
March 29, 2023 -- COELIG's FIRST ANNUAL HEARING
COELIG's webpage VIDEO
transcript of VIDEO
submitted written testimonies
December 15, 2023 -- Reinvent Albany's Notice of Motion at AD3 to File
Amicus Curiae Brief in Cuomo v. COELIG
Amicus Curiae Brief
2024
CJA's January 12, 2024 notice of motion
January 12, 2024 moving affidavit
CJA's January 13, 2024 e-mail
CJA's January 16, 2024 e-mail
AD3's January 16, 2024 NYSCEF removal
CJA's January 16, 2024 e-mail
January 17, 2024 NYSCEF restoration -- 12:01 pm
CJA's January 17, 2024 e-mail -- 12:05 pm
photo
NYSCEF
attempt 1-17-24
CJA's January 18, 2024 e-mail
Deputy Solicitor General Lang's January 18 2024 e-mail
Clerk's Office January 19, 2024 e-mail
AD3's February 1, 2024 Order, with motion behind it
Aug
23, 2024 -- Reinvent Albany's Notice of Motion for Leave to File
amicus curiae brief
in Cuomo v. COELIG -- at Court of Appeals
August 23, 2024 amicus curiae brief
Court of Appeals' Sept 12, 2024 order
October 10, 2024 Commission on Legislative, Judicial &
Executive Compensation's Hearing on Legislative & Executive
Compensation
Commission's webpage
video
transcript
submitted written testimonies
November 13, 2024 --
COELIG's SECOND ANNUAL HEARING
COELIG's webpage
no video no transcript
submitted written testimonies
CJA's December 16, 2024 motion for leave to file amicus
curiae brief to prevent fraud & for enforcement of Court Rule
500.1
Court of Appeals' January 9, 2025 Order
2025
May 8, 2025 "Statement on Approved FY
2026 NYS Budget - Reinvent Albany"
September 25, 2025 --
COELIG's THIRD ANNUAL HEARING
COELIG's webpage with VIDEO
submitted written testimonies
CJA's written testimony
2026
Reinvent Albany's August
11, 2026 announcement --
"Report
Finds NY Has Many Watchdogs, But Deprives Them of Independence
and Authority Needed to Combat Corruption"
August 11, 2026
"Structural Obstacles to Oversight in New York
NY Has
Many Watchdog Agencies, But Deprives Them of Independence,
Resources,
and Authority Needed to Effectively Combat
Corruption and Misconduct"
August 11, 2026
NY could strengthen state government oversight, report
finds
Albany Times Union (Dan Clark)
August 12, 2026
"Study
finds structural weaknesses in New York's sprawling and
inherently political ethics systems"
Spectrum News (Jack Arpey)
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