NY's 28th Senate District
representing approx. 312,550 residents
encompassing New York County

Senator Liz Krueger
Chair: Senate Finance Committee
Member: Budget & Revenues Committee; Rules

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Under construction -- IT's HUGE

2013
As Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
(getting $20,500 extra pay)

CJA's January 30, 2013 letter to Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Kreuger -- "February 6, 2013 Joint Legislative Hearing on 'Public Protection': The Legislature’s Mandatory Duty to Override the Judiciary’s Request for “funding for the next phase of the judicial salary increase”, in Discharge of its Checks-and-Balance Constitutional Function"

VIDEO of CJA's testimony before Krueger
at February 6, 2013 budget hearing -- & EVIDENCE handed-up at the hearing

CJA's February 27, 2013 e-mail to Krueger --
"Securing Appropriate Oversight & Action" -- forwarding CJA's February 27, 2013 letter to Krueger's Chief of Staff -- "Memorializing What You Told Me"

cc: CJA's February 27, 2013 e-mail for Senate Finance Committee Democratic Minority Secretary & Democratic Conference Counsel --
"Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the February 6, 2013 Opposition Testimony
to the Judiciary Budget & Judicial Pay Raises

cc: CJA's March 5, 2013 e-mail to Senate Finance Commitee Minority --
"Senate Finance Committee Minority: Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the February 6, 2013 Opposition Testimony to the Judiciary Budget & Judicial Pay Raises"  -

cc: CJA's March 5, 2013 e-mail to Senate Finance Committee Minority --
"Senate Finance Committee Minority Procedures for Enabling Senate Members to Discharge their 'Policy Making Role'" -- forwarding March 5, 2013 e-mail response from Senate Finance Committee Minority

cc: CJA's March 11, 2013 letter to the Senate "Public Protection" Budget Subcommittee -- "Rectifying Your Absence at the February 6, 2013 Budget Hearing on ‘Public Protection’ by Verifying the Dispositive Nature of the Opposition Testimony to the Judiciary Budget & its Judicial Salary Increase Request”

cc:  CJA's March 13, 2013 e-mails to Legislative Leadership --
"The Uselessness of the Legislature's 'White', 'Blue', 'Yellow' & 'Green' Books
as Aids to Legislators in Understanding the Judiciary Budget
& District Attorney Salary Reimbursement"

   -- ANALYSIS of the Legislature's "Color Books" 
to further demonstrate the Legislature's duty to reject the Judiciary Budget
& the Judicial Salary Increases

          Exhibit A:  Senate Majority's "White Book"  link to "White Book"
          Exhibit B:  Senate Minority's "Blue Book"   link to "Blue Book"
          Exhibit C:  Assembly Majority's "Yellow Book" link to "Yellow Book"
          Exhibit D:  Assembly Minority's "Green Book"  not publicly available  

CJA's March 15, 2013 e-mail ALERT to ALL Senate & Assembly Members --
"Is the Judiciary Budget a 'Slush Fund'?"

CJA's March 18, 2013 letter to ALL Senate and Assembly Members --
"The People's Right to Know the Dollar Cost of the Judiciary Budget
& of the Appropriations Bill for the Judiciary"        transmitting e-mail/fax receipts

CJA's March 24, 2013 e-mail to Krueger --
CJA's March 24, 2013 letter to ALL Senators -- "Why You Must Reject S.2601 --
The Appropriations Bill for the Judiciary"

CJA's March 25, 2013 e-mails to Krueger --
 "Standing up for Legislative Law 54 & 'process' with respect to the budget"

      -- transcribed excerpt: March 24, 2013 Senate floor proceedings on budget appropriations

        -- transcribed excerpt: February 26, 2009 hearing
 of Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform

        -- excerpts: 2009 Minority & Majority Reports
 of Temporary Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Reform

        -- Legislative Law 54 

           click here for: March 24, 2013 Senate floor proceedings   March 24, 2013 Senate Finance Commmitee meeting

CJA's March 26, 2013 e-mail to Krueger --
"Request that CJA's Opposition Report & verified complaint be brought
to the Senate floor for inspection by the Senators"

CJA's March 26, 2013 e-mail --
"'grand larceny of the public fisc' -- Why You Must Reject S2601 --
Judiciary Appropriations Bill"

CJA's December 30, 2013 letter --  "LEGISLATIVE FRAUD & LARCENY" 

CJA's December 11, 2013 letter -- "JUDICIAL FRAUD & LARCENY"

2014
As Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
(getting $20,500 extra pay)

CJA's January 7, 2014 letter to Ranking Member Krueger --
"'FOLLOWING THE MONEY': The Proposed Judiciary
& Legislative Budgets for Fiscal Year 2014-2015"

CJA's January 14, 2014 letter Ranking Member Krueger --
"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 January 29, 2014 letter to Ranking Member Krueger --
"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 February 3, 2014 e-mail to Ranking Member Krueger --
"Request to Testify in Opposition to ANY Funding for the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption -- including the proposed $270,000 appropriation"

CJA's February 3, 2014 e-mail to Ranking Member Krueger --
"Request to Testify in Opposition to ANY Funding for the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption -- including the proposed $270,000 appropriation"

CJA's February 21, 2014 Ranking Member Krueger --
"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"

CJA's March 4, 2014 letter to Ranking Member Krueger --
"Your Constitutional Duty:
       "(1) to address the evidence of fraud and unconstitutionality
in the proposed Judiciary and Legislative budgets – and in the materially-divergent
Governor’s Budget Bill #S.6351/A.8551, which, in violation of Senate and
Assembly Rules, is unsupported by a fiscal note and introducer’s memorandum;
        (2) to address the $270,000 and other appropriations,
embedded in the Executive Budget, for a demonstrably corrupt Commission
to Investigate Public Corruption"

2015
As Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
(getting $20,500 extra pay)

CJA's February 23, 2015 letter to Ranking Member Krueger –
“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
As Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
(getting $20,500 extra pay)

CJA's January 15, 2016 e-mail --
"Immediate Oversight Required: Jan. 20, 2016 Senate Judiciary Confirmation Hearing
of Chief Judge Nominee DiFiore AND 'Force of Law' Judicial Salary Recommendations
of Dec. 24, 2015 Report of Commission on Legislative, Judicial & Executive Compensation"
transmitting: CJA's Jan. 15, 2015 letter

CJA's January 28, 2016 letter to Ranking Member Krueger --
"Your Scrutiny of the Judiciary's 2-part budget & the Gov's Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001..."

CJA's Jan. 29, 2016 e-mail to Ranking Member Krueger --
"FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
in preparation for Feb. 4, 2016 'Public Protection' Budget Hearing --
the Judiciary's 2-part budget & the Governor's Budget Bill #S.6401/A.9001"
attaching: Jan. 26, 2016 ltr to Chief Judge DiFiore

    CJA's March 25, 2016 e-mail to Ranking Member Krueger --
 "Restoring constitutionality and lawfulness to NY's budgeting process --
& overriding the 'force of law' judicial pay raises"
attaching: March 23, 2016 order to show cause &
verified 2nd supplemental complaint
in CJA's citizen-taxpayer action

CJA's June 7, 2016 e-mail to Ranking Member Krueger --
"FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Today's Committee Meeting: S.7408-A --
state reimbursement of district attorney salary increases"

2017
As Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
(getting $20,500 extra pay)

CJA's February 6, 2017 e-mail --
"Letter to Leadership: (1) Legislative Law Article 5-A Commissions
on Gov't Administration & State-Local Relations;
(2) requested meetings to prevent repeat of constitutional, statutory,
& legislative rule violations re: fiscal year 2017-18 budget"
transmitting: CJA's February 6, 2017 letter to leadership... 

CJA's February 23, 2017 e-mail  --
"FIRST TEST of the Ethics & Internal Governance Committee:
Senate Rules for 2017-2018: FOIL/records request & misconduct/fraud complaint"
transmitting: CJA's February 23, 2017 FOIL/records request
& misconduct/fraud complaint

2018
As Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member
(getting $20,500 extra pay)

CJA's January 29, 2018 e-mail to Ranking Member Krueger --
"Questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks at Tomorrow's 'Public Protection'
Budget Hearing of the NYS Legislature"
attaching: CJA's written statement with Questions in Support of Testimony

click here for:  EVIDENTIARY WEBPAGE with VIDEO
of CJA's Testimony before Ranking Member Krueger
at January 30, 2018 budget hearing on "Public Protection"

2019
As Chair of Senate Finance Committee
(getting $34,000 extra pay)

CJA's January 18, 2019 e-mail --
"Request to Testify at the Legislature's Jan. 29, 2019 and Feb. 11, 2019 Joint Budget Hearings --
plus request as to the referred-to constitutional provisions
concerning budget approval by April 1st"

Senate Finace Jan. 18, 2019 e-mail   CJA's Jan. 18, 2019 e-mail with completed form

January 30, 2018 budget hearing on "public protection"

CJA's March 1, 2019 e-mail to Chair Krueger --
"AGENDA:  Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill #S.1501/A.2001 --
& the Questions to be Answered by Chief Administrative Judge Marks & by Temporary Senate Presidents Steward-Cousins/Flanagan & Assembly Speaker Heastie"

2020
As Chair of Senate Finance Committee
(getting $34,000 extra pay)

CJA's February 4, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger --
"STATUS:  CJA's Feb. 19, 2019 written testimony
& questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks,
Temporary Senate President Stewart-Cousins & Assembly Speaker Heastie, ETC."

CJA's February 7, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger
"Thank you -- RE: Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Local Government"

CJA's February 10, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger
"Thank you -- RE: Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Public Protection"

CJA's February 11, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger
"'Public Protection' Budget Hearing -- Questions for Chief Administrative Judge Marks"

February 12, 2012 e-mail -- "Today's..."  & here

CJA's February 12, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger
"Legislative & Judiciary Budgets -- & Legislative/Judiciary Budget Bill #7501/9501:
Questions for Stewart-Cousins, Heastie -- & for Marks"

click here for: Questions for Marks & webpage

click here for: Questions for Stewart-Cousins/Heastie & webpage

   CJA's March 18, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger -- 
"Executive Budget...GOOD NEWS DURING CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY:
You Can Chuck 6 of the 7 'Article VII BILLS' Because They are Unconstitutional.  Here's why"
& March 20, 2020 e-mail --"MORE GOOD NEWS"
transmitting: CJA's March 18, 2020 letter to Governor Cuomo

CJA's April 3, 2020 e-mail to Chair Krueger --
"MISSING from the Senate & Assembly webpage
for the Feb. 12, 2020 'public protection' budget hearing

QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MARKS

cc:  CJA's September 21, 2020 e-mail to NYT, etc.
"Manhattan Elections 2020 -- Informing the Voters with EVIDENCE:
public corruption/grand jury complaint vs Manhattan's 18 state legislators --
ALL running for re-election -- which Manhattan D.A. Vance is "sitting on"

2021

CJA's Testimony before Chair Krueger
at Legislature's February 10, 2021 "public protection" budget hearing

cc:  CJA's November 30, 2021 e-mail to Senate Ethics Committee Chair Biaggi --
"YET AGAIN & with a FOIL REQUEST --
December 9, 2021 public hearing 'To discuss New York State's system
of ethics oversight and enforcement' --
Request to orally testify & 'discuss', in person"

December 9, 2021 response from Biaggi Chief of Staff