Albany
Times Union
Paper
Trail of Suppression, Protectionism, & Blackballing
1993
CJA's
October 6, 1993 fax to John Caher
SEE:
Judicial Selection-State-NY: The Corruption of "Merit Selection" to
NY's Highest State Court -
Levine
CJA's October 28, 1993 fax to John Caher
CJA's November 23, 1993 letter
to John Caher
CJA's December 9, 1993 fax to John Caher
CJA's December 13, 1993 fax to John Caher
CJA's December 15, 1993 fax to John Caher
1996
CJA's August 23, 1996 letter
to John Caher
-- enclosing
Governor Pataki's classified ad, Albany Times Union, 8/11/96
"Pataki
panel seeks applicants for Kahn seat on state bench", Albany
Times Union, 8/13/96
"What
a way to pick judges", Albany Times Union editorial, 8/13/96
1997
CJA's April 17, 1997 memo-notice
-- "RE: New York State Ethics Commission"
-- enclosing
CJA's April 15, 1997 memo to Governor Pataki
CJA's August 27, 1997 press
release to Assignment Desk
1998
CJA's December 15, 1998 letter to John Caher -- "RE: Governor
Pataki's nomination of Albert Rosenblatt to the Court of Appeals"
SEE:
Judicial Selection-State-NYS:
The Corruption of "Merit Selection" to NY's Highest State
Court - Rosenblatt
CJA's December 17, 1998 fax to John Caher -- "RE: Without-Notice,
Non-Public Confirmation Hearing of Albert Rosenblatt"
2001
CJA's
June 19, 2001 letter to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- RE:
Tomorrow's Confirmation 'Hearing' for Court of Claims Judge William A.
Wetzel, Scheduled for Tomorrow, 10 a.m."
SEE:
Judicial Selection - NYS - Wetzel
Test Cases - State (Commission)
2002
CJA's
February 5, 2002 letter to Howard Healy, Editorial Page Editor --
"RE: Your Current Editorial Series on the NYS Commission on Judicial
Conduct"
Test Cases - State (Commission)
CJA's
February 6, 2002 letter to Howard Healy, Editorial Page Editor --
"RE: Your Current Editorial Series on the NYS Commission on Judicial
Conduct"
CJA's
February 8, 2002 letter to Howard Healy, Editorial Page Editor --
"RE: Your Now-Concluded Editorial Series on the NYS Commission on
Judicial Conduct & the Future of the Appellate Papers in my Public
Interest Lawsuit against the Commission"
CJA's
February 8, 2002 letter to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor --
"RE: The Readily-Verifiable Corruption of the NYS Commission on
Judicial Conduct -- and its Powerful Electoral Consequences on Governor
Pataki and Attorney General Spitzer"
CJA's
February 12, 2002 letter to Howard Healy, Editorial Page Editor --
RE: "Proposed Letter to the Editor: Response to Chief Judge Kaye's
published column, 'State Judicial System is Accountable to the Public'
(2/10/02) and your editorial series on the New York State Commission on
Judicial Conduct"
CJA's
February 12, 2002 e-mail to Howard Healy, Editorial Page Editor --
"Subj: Plea on Behalf of Proposed Letter to the Editor"
CJA's
February 12, 2002 fax to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- RE:
Corruption of the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct"
Mr.
Jochnowitz's
February
12, 2002 e-mail to CJA -- "Subj: RE: Plea on Behalf of Proposed
Letter to the Editor"
CJA's
February 12, 2002 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- "RE:
Plea on Behalf of Proposed Letter to the Editor"
CJA's
April 26, 2002 letter to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- "RE: 'Law
Day': May 1st: and Beyond"
-- enclosing
Law Day information
pp. 4-7 of Comptroller's 1989 report "Not Accountable to the
Public"
CJA's October 26, 2001 ltr to Senator Paterson
CJA's December 19, 2001 FOIL request
CJA's letter to the editor, "Sitting in Judgment", Metroland,
3/01
CJA's
May 10, 2002 letter to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- "RE: The
Readily-Verifiable Corruption of the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
-- and its Powerful Electoral Consequences on Governor Pataki and
Attorney General Spitzer"
CJA's
June 26, 2002 e-mail from Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- "Subj:
Lawsuit"
CJA's
June 26, 2002 letter to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- "RE:
Providing Albany Times readers with the REAL Attorney General Spitzer --
NOT the 'P.R.' version"
-- enclosing
June 17, 2002 motion for sanctions against A.G. Spitzer
transcript of January 27, 1999 exchange with A.G. Spitzer
"Restraining
'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077
ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
CJA's
September 13, 2002 letter to Robert Brill, City Desk Editor -- "RE:
An Investigative Expose of the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct --
based on the readily-verifiable evidence of its corruption presented by
the public interest lawsuit pending before the NYS Court of Appeals"
-- enclosing
"Gavel falls on judges", Times Union, 7/26/02
pp. 1-7 of 1989 Comptroller's report, "Not Accountable to the Public"
CJA's
September 13, 2002 letter to Andrew Tilghman
Mr.
Tilghman's
September
16, 2002 e-mail to CJA -- "Subj: TU"
CJA's
September 18, 2002 e-mail & fax to Andrew Tilghman -- "Subj:
Your PRIZE-WINNING expose of the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct"
CJA's
September 25, 2002 letter to Andrew Tilghman -- "RE: The
Readily-Verifiable Evidence Of The Corruption Of The NYS Commission
On Judicial Conduct -- And Its Cover-Up By All Levels Of This
State's Judiciary"
--
Ct of Appeals' September 12, 2002 orders
-- pages from
May 1, 2002 disqualification motion
--
Judiciary Law 14
--
"Appeal for Justice", Metroland, April 25-May 1, 2002
CJA's
September 25, 2002 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz, State Editor -- "Subj:
Election Coverage: The REAL A.G. Spitzer -- NOT the P.R. Version"
CJA's
September 25, 2002 letter to Jay Jochnowitz -- "RE: ELECTION
COVERAGE: Exposing the REAL Attorney General Spitzer -- not the
P.R. version"
SEE:
Searching for
Champions - State-NY: Governor
Pataki
Searching for
Champions - State-NY: Attorney
General Spitzer
Test Cases - State (Commission)
Searching for Champions -
State-NY: Ethics Commission
Searching for Champions -
State-NY: U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern & Southern Districts of NY
Searching for Champions -
State-NY: Manhattan District Attorney Morgenthau
Judicial
Selection - State-NY
December 11, 2002:
REPORTER ANDREW TILGHMAN WAS AT THE
FORUM on the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct, co-sponsored by the NYS
Bar Association & the Fund for Modern Courts. He heard Sassower's
two-fold
question.
December 12, 2002 article by Andrew Tilghman,
"Judicial oversight has its limits"
CJA's
December 16, 2002 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz, James Odato -- "Subj:
Stopping Tomorrow's 'Rubber Stamp' Senate Confirmation"
REPORTER ANDREW TILGHMAN WAS AT THE HEARING (sitting next to
Elena Sassower !) & witnessed Sassower assert the public's right to a
stenographic record and to be heard in opposition, & received from her,
in hand, a hard copy of CJA's December 16, 2002 letter to Senate
leadership: Senate Majority Leader Bruno, Outgoing Senate Minority
Leader Martin Connor, & Senate Minority Leader-Elect David Paterson
December 18, 2002 article by Andrew Tilghman,
"Senators confirm one of their own"
2003
CJA's
January 15, 2003 letter to Andrew Tilghman -- "RE: Making 2003 the
Year of Reform in Judicial Selection and Discipline -- CAN HAPPEN IF
THE PRESS DOES ITS JOB"
--
A. Rene Hollyer's August 22, 2002 published ltr
--
"Gavel falls on judges", July 26, 2002
--
CJA's November 31, 2001 ltr to A. Rene Hollyer
--
A. Rene Hollyer's April 22, 2002 ltr to CJA
--
CJA's question at December 11, 2002 "Judging the Judges" program
--
pages from October 24, 2002 motion for leave to appeal
--
CJA's January 14, 2003 ltr to Chairman DeFrancisco
--
"Judicial conduct panelists hear complaint", Legislative Gazette,
December 16, 2002
CJA's
January 22, 2003 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz, James Odato, Andrew
Tilghman -- "Subj: CJA testimony in opposition to Read confirmation to
Ct of Appeals"
SEE:
Judicial Selection - State-NY: The Corruption of "Merit Selection"
to NY's Highest State Court - Read
2004
January 13, 2004 article
"Lawmakers sign off on Pataki's pick" by James Odato
Andrew Tilghman's May 18, 2004 e-mail "Subject: Albany Times
Union"
2006
CJA's
August 25, 2006 memo to Joanne Crupi (Editorial Page Editor) & Jay
Jochnowitz (State Bureau Chief) -- "RE: YOUR UPCOMING
EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS AND ONGOING ELECTION COVERAGE: The Races for New
York Governor, U.S. Senator from New York, and New York Attorney
General"
September 6, 2006 -- James Odato given, in hand, a copy of
CJA's
September 1, 2006 memo-letter to the attorney general candidates
PLUS CJA's June
20, 2006 memo-letter to the attorney general candidates
September 7, 2006 article by James Odato,
"Tension is high at final debate"
CJA's September
14, 2006 e-mail to reporter James Odato & Albany Bureau Chief Jay Jochnowitz
-- "Subject: Opposition to Senate Confirmation of Pigot to NY Court of Appeals"
SEE:
Judicial Selection-State-NY: The Corruption of "Merit Selection" to NY's
Highest State Court - Pigott
REPORTER RICK KARLIN WAS AT THE HEARING (sitting next to
Elena Sassower !) -- & received, in hand, a hard copy of CJA's testimony with
appendix --as well as
Syracuse Post-Standard editorial, A
Flawed Process: Judicial Nominees should be subject to more public scrutiny",
January 27, 2003
LATER, Albany Bureau Chief Jochnowitz, in his
Capitol office, personally received a hard copy of CJA's testimony with appendix
-- as well as
Syracuse Post-Standard editorial, A
Flawed Process: Judicial Nominees should be subject to more public scrutiny",
January 27, 2003
September 15, 2006
article, "A voice of justice bids farewell" by reporters
Michele Morgan Bolton and Rick Karlin
-- also running
September 14, 2006 AP article by Mark Johnson "High court pick backs
separation of powers"
Senate confirmation reported by September 15, 2006 AP article by Michael Gormley
"Senate moves to require greater
mental health coverage"
Senate Confirmation reported by James Odato's September 16, 2006 article
"Pataki leaving legacy of
posts"
CJA's September
28, 2006 letter to Rick Karlin --
"RE: The Timely, Electorally-Explosive, &
Readily-Verifiable Documentary Evidence of the Corruption of 'Merit
Selection to NY's Highest State Court: Bringing Down NY Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, Would-Be Senate Minority Leaders
Malcolm Smith & Eric Schneiderman --and Would-Be Governor Eliot Spitzer,
Among Others"
[indicated copies to Jay Jochnowitz,
James Odato, Elizabeth Benjamin]
CJA's October 4,
2006 e-mail to Rick Karlin -- "Subject: Awaiting your responses, etc."
[indicated
copies to Jochnowitz, Odato, Benjamin]
October
4, 2006 e-mail from Albany Times-Union State Editor Jay Jochnowitz
--"Subject: RE: Awaiting your responses, etc."
[indicated
copies to Odato, Benjamin, Karlin]
CJA's October 8,
2006 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz -- "Subject: Again, Awaiting Your
Responses, Etc."
[indicated
copies to Odato, Benjamin, Karlin]
October 11,
2006 e-mail from Jay Jochnowitz -- "RE: Again, Awaiting Your Responses,
Etc."
October 27, 2006 memo -- "RE:
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HEVESI SCANDAL -- AND THE MORE SIGNIFICANT YET-TO-BE
REPORTED SCANDALS that will throw open the non-competitive statewide races
for Governor and Senator -- & the hardly competitive race for Attorney
General -- for the benefit of all New Yorkers
October 30, 2006 memo -- "RE: THE HEVESI SCANDAL -- AND THE PLATFORM OF
DECEIT UPON THE PUBLIC IT IS PROVIDING TO ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER &
GOVERNOR PATAKI, AMONG OTHERS"
2007
SEE:
Judicial Selection-NYS-"Merit Selection"-NY Court of
Appeals-Jones
February 7, 2007: "Spitzer reappoints Kaye as chief judge" by Michele
Morgan Bolton
February 12, 2007: "Justice and Gov.
Spitzer", editorial
February 15, 2007: "Egan among Spitzer's selections",
by Elizabeth Benjamin
CJA's
February 21, 2007 letter to Elizabeth Benjamin -- RE: FACTUAL ERROR: REQUEST
FOR CORRECTION -- 'Egan among Spitzer's selections', February 15,
2007"
[indicated copies to Associate Editor Mark Spain, State
Editor Jay Jochnowitz, Reporter James Odato, and Reporter Michele Morgan
Bolton]
SEE:
Judicial Selection-NYS-"Merit Selection"-NY Court of
Appeals-Kaye
February 21, 2007 e-mail from Michele Morgan Bolton -- "Subject: RE:
FACTUAL ERROR: REQUEST FOR CORRECTION: February 15, 2007 article -- Senate
Confirmation of Chief Judge Kaye to NY Court of Appeals"
CJA's
February 21, 2007 e-mail to Michele Morgan Bolton -- "Subject: THANK YOU
FOR YOUR KIND ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- RE: FACTUAL ERROR: REQUEST FOR CORRECTION:
February 15, 2007 article -- Senate Confirmation of Chief Judge Kaye to NY
Court of Appeals"
February 22, 2007 e-mail from Jay Jochnowitz -- "Subject: RE: Revised
letter -- FACTUAL ERROR: REQUEST FOR CORRECTION: February 15, 2007 article
-- Senate Confirmation of Chief Judge Kaye to NY Court of Appeals"
CJA's February 22, 2007 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz -- "Subject: March 6,
2007 Hearing on Judge Kaye's confirmation -- RE: Revised letter -- FACTUAL
ERROR: REQUEST FOR CORRECTION: February 15, 2007 article -- Senate
Confirmation of Chief Judge Kaye to NY Court of Appeals"
[indicated copies to Elizabeth Benjamin, Mark Spain, James
Odato, and Michele Morgan Bolton]
CJA's
February 22, 2007 memo to Associate Editor Mark Spain, State Editor Jay
Jochnowitz, & Reporter James Odato -- "RE: Background to Times Union
coverage of Senate confirmation of Justice Theodore T. Jones, Jr. as
associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals -- and to its February 15,
2007 article 'Egan among Spitzer's selections", falsely reporting on
Senate confirmation of the reappointment of Chief Judge Kaye to the New York
Court of Appeals"
[indicated copies to Elizabeth Benjamin, Michele Morgan
Bolton, Rick Karlin]
CJA's
February 22, 2007 transmitting e-mail to Mark Spain, Jay Jochnowitz, & Jay
Odato -- "Subject: Background to Times Union Coverage -- & its February
15, 2007 article falsely reporting on Senate confirmation of Chief Judge
Kaye"
[indicated copies to Elizabeth Benjamin, Michele Morgan
Bolton, Rick Karlin]
February 22, 2007 e-mail from Jay Jochnowitz -- "Subject: RE: Background
to Times Union Coverage -- & its February 15, 2007 article falsely reporting
on Senate confirmation of Chief Judge Kaye"
CJA's February 23, 2007 e-mail to Jay Jochnowitz -- "Subject: Chief
Judge Kaye LIED on two motions for her disqualification in two public
interest cases"
[indicated copies to Mark
Spain, Elizabeth Benjamin, Michele Morgan Bolton, Rick Karlin]
Jay Jochnowitz' February 28, 2007
e-mail -- "Subject: RE: Chief Judge Kaye LIED on two motions for her
disqualification in two public interest cases"
CJA's March 6, 2007 e-mail to Mark
Aldam (Publisher), Rex
Smith (Editor), Joanne Crupi (Editorial Page Editor), Michael Spain (Associate
Editor), Jay Jochnowitz (State Bureau Chief), Michele Morgan Bolton, Jim Odato,
Elizabeth Benjamin, Rick Karlin
March 6, 2007: "Kaye Gets Confirmed, But With Opposition" by James
Odato -- Capitol Confidential Blog
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