tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012724775250138264.post2456839256687965975..comments2024-03-25T04:56:19.081-04:00Comments on DGA: Try a little sunshineDavid Grandeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10311177886642018014noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012724775250138264.post-2533283543797495922013-07-29T18:51:31.677-04:002013-07-29T18:51:31.677-04:00"I can almost guarantee that the vast majorit..."I can almost guarantee that the vast majority of legislative appointees would love to see Horwitz explain why Latitzia Tagliafierro is his choice."<br /><br />I'd love to know too. I doubt if any member of JCOPE should be appointed to lead it. Also, this:<br /><br />"Maria Keyes met with Governor Cuomo and UAlbany Alumna Letitzia Tagliafierro, a former student of Maria Keyes and now a Cuomo aide, at the Italian American New York State Legislators Conference held in Albany last June. Cuomo came to the Italian American Day celebration in support of Italian American culture in New York State."<br />Fall 2011/Spring 2012. 10. LLCNews. http://www.albany.edu/llc/llcnewsletter_F11_Spr2012.pdf (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6IU4aFcb8 )<br /><br />A UAlbany student on an ethics commission? Heading an ethics commission? Yikes.<br /><br />Maria Keyes: "Worst professor I've ever had. Does't lecture, only shows movies, asks for student comments, cuts them off, repeats what they said, then mocks. Doesn't know how to use equipment. Very forgetful. Never prepared a proper syllabus. No paper b/c she doesn't want to police plagarism (lazy); instead has students do presentations which wastes class time." http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=610400 (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6IU4QPtZw )<br /><br />I had dropped Maria Keyes' class in disgust. Among the other things that didn't fit in the comment I'd written, a student who remained to the end of the semester told me what happened regarding the class presentations. My acquaintance, when ready to begin her presentation, observed Ms. Keyes talking to someone. She asked Ms. Keyes if she should wait to begin the presentation, but Ms. Keyes said to go on ahead and that she was listening. Ms. Keyes then immediately resumed her conversation, paying no attention to the presentation.<br /><br />I was so naive about UAlbany when I had written that comment. As rotten a professor as Keyes is, there's far, far worse at UAlbany than her. Some are downright sociopathic.<br /><br />The LLC department on the whole might be better, though; indeed, I'd been very pleased with German and Russian professors there. When a German professor had not arrived from Germany in time for the first class, the chair of the department showed up with the teaching assistant to lead the class, and promised that the day would be made up to students somehow. The professor, when she arrived, made the same promise to make the day up to the students. I doubt if many department chairs or professors would do that.Toffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364412551838971575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012724775250138264.post-72557655657685539432013-07-29T17:33:59.765-04:002013-07-29T17:33:59.765-04:00The full e-mails would be needed to understand som...The full e-mails would be needed to understand some of the cc's. E-mail addresses have been altered with asterisks or deleted:<br /><br />From: Christopher Philippo<br />Subject: Moreland Commission<br />Date: July 2, 2013 7:11:56 PM EDT<br />To: "Calcaterra, Regina (MAC)" , Kathleen Rice , William Fitzpatrick , "Milton L. Williams Jr." , Richard Briffault , "Daniel J. Castleman" , "Derek P. Champagne" , Eric Corngold , Nancy Hoppock , David Javdan , "David R. Jones" , Lance Liebman , Joanne Mahoney , "Gerald F. Mollen" , "Makua W. Mutua" , Benito Romano , Kristy Sprague , "Peter L. Zimroth" , "Thomas P. Zugibe" , "lwvny*lwvny.org" , Danya Perry <br />Cc: "tips*nypost.com" , "news-tips*nytimes.com" , "klovett*nydailynews.com Lovett" , Dan Roberts , "uncac.cop*unodc.org" , "InfoDesk*ohchr.org" <br /><br />I wasn't aware anyone had an @moreland.ny.gov address; I hadn't found a website for the new "Committee to Investigate Public Corruption."<br /><br />For those members of the public that fear the "Committee to Investigate Public Corruption" will be as bad as JCOPE has been all along, there's a great deal of public corruption for the committee to investigate that could prove them wrong - if the committee investigates it.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Chris Philippo<br /><br />Begin forwarded message:<br /><br />From: Christopher Philippo<br />Subject: "Civil Rights Law §107"<br />Date: June 8, 2013 2:00:14 PM EDT<br />To: "Daniel J. Horwitz" <br /><br />http://www.jcope.ny.gov/complaint/tipsandcomplaints.html<br />http://www.jcope.ny.gov/complaint/complaintguidelines.html<br />http://www.jcope.ny.gov/about/jurisdiction.html<br /><br />I had gone to some little trouble to try to get JCOPE to correct "Civil Rights Law §107" to "Civil Service Law §107" on the above pages, even contacting the NYS Attorney General when JCOPE chose not even to reply. Assistant Attorney General Mike Neppl's October 24, 2012 letter to Ellen Biben left it to JCOPE's discretion to fix it. That was what I took away from the letter I was sent, anyway: leaving the matter for her "review and whatever action you deem appropriate." JCOPE continued not to fix it for some time; not until sometime after February 6, 2013, though exactly how long after I do not know.<br /><br />I'm glad to see the incorrect citations finally were fixed at some point; I don't know why it proved to be such an issue to do, since the website was misinforming the public (worldwide, potentially) for eight months or more about one of the very laws over which JCOPE has oversight. You can see how they used to read here:<br /><br />http://web.archive.org/web/20120617050616/http://www.jcope.ny.gov/complaint/tipsandcomplaints.html<br />also archived here on February 6, 2013: http://www.webcitation.org/6EEdAplsZ<br /><br />http://web.archive.org/web/20120620170643/http://www.jcope.ny.gov/complaint/complaintguidelines.html<br />also archived here on February 6, 2013: http://www.webcitation.org/6EEdCEID6<br /><br />http://web.archive.org/web/20120819000913/http://www.jcope.ny.gov/about/jurisdiction.html<br />also archived here on February 6, 2013: http://www.webcitation.org/6EEdDFnih<br /><br />May I ask why the corrections took as long to make as they did? While those three webpages were fixed, the citation is wrong in two other places now since I'd originally written:<br /><br />http://www.jcope.ny.gov/pubs/POL/2012%20FINAL%20ANNUAL%20REPORT.pdf (page 45)<br />http://www.jcope.ny.gov/pubs/POL/JCOPE%20First%20Year%20Report.pdf (page 13)<br /><br />Those two reports may even have been printed? If the PDFs are to be corrected, a specific note about the correction might be appropriate. I'm not seeking credit for the correction, but rather would just like for the information to be correct.Toffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364412551838971575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012724775250138264.post-4618256149071965682013-07-29T17:20:35.958-04:002013-07-29T17:20:35.958-04:00I'm not terribly happy about the Moreland Comm...I'm not terribly happy about the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption's performance so far; they seem just as bad as JJOKE. Like the NYS Inspector General, they don't even acknowledge receipt of e-mails. Anyhow, perhaps you might know something about residency requirements:<br /><br />"A judge has dismissed a court claim filed by a former Albany County Stop-DWI official who challenged the county's residency requirement after she was fired last year in the wake of allegations she used a series of fake addresses to qualify for employment."<br />Lyons, Brendan J. "Former Official's Claim Rejected; Stop-DWI staffer says sheriff, supervisor OK'd use of fake addresses." Albany Times Union. April 26, 2012: D1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=18261160<br /><br />"It's been 16 years since the Albany County Legislature began requiring county employees to be county residents. Rarely has that made for much in the way of contention -- until now. But in 2011, a 1995 law has the county sheriff's department in turmoil."<br />"Albany County's Legal Dilemma." Albany Times Union. August 26, 2011: A14. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=15579749<br /><br />Hasn't there been a residency requirement for much longer than that?<br /><br />N.Y. PUB. OFF. LAW §3 (1) states in part "No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall not, at the time he shall be chosen thereto, [be,] if it be a local office, a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he shall be chosen, or within which the electors electing him reside, or within which his official functions are required to be exercised."<br /><br />N.Y. PUB. OFF. LAW §3 states "The term 'local officer' includes every other officer who is elected by the electors of a portion only of the state, every officer of a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, and every officer limited in the execution of his official functions to a portion only of the state. [...] The office of a local officer is a local office."Toffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364412551838971575noreply@blogger.com