See the Judicial Impeachment Letter Sent to All NYS Assembly Members

The letter was faxed to all members of the New York State Assembly, the New York State government body that starts the process of judicial impeachment.....

Kevin McKeown

P.O. Box 3493

New York, New York 10163

212-591-1022 tel  -  212-591-6022 fax

kmck22333@gmail.com

                                                                  March 15, 2013

New York State Assembly

Empire State Plaza

Albany, New York  12248

RE: Request to Initiate Judicial Impeachment Proceedings against:

  Hon. Francis A. Nicholai  and  Hon. Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.

Dear Assemblymember,

I respectfully request that you:  (1)  begin the process to impeach the Hon. Francis A. Nicholai and the Hon. Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.,; (2)  appoint someone from your office to act as an impeachment liaison; and (3) that your office advise me of your impeachment liaison’s name and contact information so that the exchange of necessary information may begin. 

There is evidence, and available testimony, that Judge Nicholai, while administrative judge of the 9th Judicial District, improperly directed judges to rule a certain way.  Also, there is clear evidence supporting the fact that Judge Nicholai directed the destruction of hundreds of court case files.

There is undisputed evidence that Judge Scarpino improperly acted to protect an attorney member of his judge’s election transition team who had filed fraudulent papers involving over $100,000.00 in stolen America Red Cross 9/11 donation money- funds that have yet to be repaid.  In addition, and on the eve of a Carvel Ice Cream Estate trial, Judge Scarpino accepted over $300,000.00 in “loans” from the very bank he (Judge Scarpino) had appointed over the Carvel estate assets, and where one 19 acre parcel in Westchester, valued at $10 million was sold to the same bank insiders for $2 million.  

I have researched the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (the “CJC”) for many years and have found that entity to be completely corrupt.  The CJC acts to cover-up certain judicial misconduct and/or retaliate against other judges based simply on the whim of connected insiders.  I have personally introduced to federal prosecutors New York judges who have either been themselves wrongly targeted or who have been afraid to speak up against corruption out of fear of New York styled retaliation.  The CJC is corrupt, and it is up to you, as an elected assemblymember, to take immediate action.  (Please see, www.Ethicsgate.com)

I recently confirmed the fact that the CJC has engaged in the illegal wiretapping of certain judges, and I will share that information with your office’s appointed liaison; Governor Cuomo was advised in February.  I believe your office should be in touch with the federal prosecutor involved in the case where more than 1.5 million pieces of evidence, currently under seal, support the widespread practice of illegal wiretapping in and about New York’s legal system.  

Surely, you will agree that something is horribly wrong when even our treasured state judges cannot count on a lawful environment or due process.  Thank you. Respectfully submitted,

                                                        Kevin McKeown


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The state lawmakers' involvement was requested as the perceived judicial "ethics" oversight committee, The Commission on Judicial Conduct, has been long-regarded as corrupt itself.

Call for 1st NYS Judicial Impeachment in 140 years

Impeachment Process Last Used in 1872

Members of the New York State Assembly asked to begin Articles of Impeachment against two New York State judges: Francis A. Nicholai and Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr.

CLICK HERE TO SEE "SORDID BACKGROUND" ON JUDGE NICHOLAI

CLICK HERE TO SEE "CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE" and JUDGE SCARPINO

The last Supreme Court Judge to be Impeached in New York was Justice George G. Barnard-- in 1872. At the time, The New York Times reported that the state Judiciary had "sustained the reign of misrule [and that the] corruption must be purged." The May 3, 1872 New York Times article continues, "The House of Assembly sits today as a great Grand Jury, and had it in their power to purify the judicial atmosphere for all time to come.... A judge sworn to see that justice was done is himself to be impeached for a total want of justice and for corrupt and maladministration of his office." 

The push for Impeachment proceedings follows the recent confirmation that the statewide judicial ethics committee, the Commission on Judicial Conduct (the "CJC"), was itself corrupt. The chief counsel of the CJC, Robert Tembeckjian, and his former deputy, Alan W. Friedberg, have become icons of the current statewide ethics scandal in New York-- sometimes referred to as Tammany Hall 2--- a systemic collection of whitewashing and cover-up. Tembeckjian and Friedberg testified in Albany at the New York State Senate Judiciary hearings on June 8, 2009 and stunned those who read the written transcript, or who had viewed the hearing videos. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE HEARING VIDEO) 

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MULTI-PART SERIES, "Tembeckjian's Crimes"

In New York State, "articles of impeachment" begin in the State Assembly and require a simple majority vote "to impeach" by members of the New York State Assembly. The impeachment process then moves to the Impeachment Court and the New York State Senate where a conviction, and removal, requires a two-thirds majority vote after a trial. The most famous trial by the New York Impeachment Court involved Governor "Plain Bill" William Sulzer in 1913. His troubled short reign as a Tammany Hall backed governor lasted less than 10 months. Sulzer is the only NY governor to have ever been impeached.

The "Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors" was established by the New York State Constitution in 1777. The body considered improper acts of a political, moral or ethical nature, along "other subjective points of view." In 1846, the "Court for the Correction of Errors" was abolished as its jurisdiction was transferred to the New York State Court of Appeals. The existing New York "Court for the Trial of Impeachments" has also been called the "Impeachment Court" and the "High Court of Impeachment." In New York, Article 6, Section 24, of the New York State Constitution applies:

Court for trial of impeachments; judgment

24. The assembly shall have the power of impeachment by a vote of a majority of all the members elected thereto. The court for the trial of impeachments shall be composed of the president of the senate, the senators, or the major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them. On the trial of an impeachment against the governor or lieutenant-governor, neither the lieutenant-governor nor the temporary president of the senate shall act as a member of the court. No judicial officer shall exercise his or her office after articles of impeachment against him or her shall been preferred to the senate, until he or she shall have been acquitted. Before the trial of an impeachment, the members of the court shall take an oath or affirmation truly and impartially to try the impeachment according to the evidence, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from office, or removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any public office of honor, trust, or profit under this state; but the party impeached shall be liable to indictment and punishment according to law. (Amended by vote of the people November 6, 2001) 

THE ABOVE LETTER WAS FAXED TO ALL NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AS INDICATED BELOW:

NYS Assembly Members FAX 2013
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/
(150 members, 270 fax numbers)

Abbate, Jr., Peter
5184555524
718-837-2526
718-234-0986

Abinanti, Thomas
5184555753
914-631-1609

Arroyo, Carmen
7184020539
5184554681

Aubry, Jeffrion
5184554565
7182242934

Barclay, William
5184555362
5184266921

Barrett, Didi
518-455-5418

Barron, Inez
5184553891
7182577084
2128677153

Benedetto, Michael
5184554641
7188920036

Blankenbush, Ken
5184555289
3157885445

Borelli, Joseph
518-455-4501
718-967-5282

Boyland, Jr., William
5184553894
2128677153

Braunstein, Edward
7182242934
7183575947

Brennan, James
5184555592
7189659378
7189403217

Brindisi, Anthony
518-455-5928
315-732-1413

Bronson, Harry
5184555342

Brook-Krasny, Alec
5184555920
7182665291

Buchwald, David
914-686-0046
518-455-5041

Butler, Marc
518-455- 5889
(518) 762-3721
(518) 456-3838

Cahill, Kevin
518-455-5694
5184555576
845-338-9590

Camara, Karim
5184555768
7187713276

Castro, Nelson
518-455-5449
718-933-2613

Ceretto, John
716-773-7190
716-885-9636

Clark, Barbara
518-455-3740
(518) 456-3838
(718) 224-5444

Colton, William
5184555706
7182366507

Cook, Vivian
5184553606
7183224085

Corwin, Jane
5184555297
7168394693

Crespo, Marcos
5184555827
7188428731

Crouch, Clifford
5184555864
6076486089

Curran, Brian
5184554337
5165618223

Cusick, Michael
5184554760
7183702543

Cymbrowitz, Steven
5184555738
7183323910
7183684391

DenDekker, Michael
5184554547
7183358254

Dinowitz, Jeffrey
5184554437
7187965354
7187960694

DiPietro, David
5184555691
5857860182

Duprey, Janet
5184555761

Englebright, Steve
5184555795

Espinal, Jr., Rafael
518-455-5591
718-235-5966

Fahy, Patricia
5184555737

Farrell, Jr., Herman
5184555776

Finch, Gary
5184553895

Fitzpatrick, Michael
5184554394
6317243024

Friend, Christopher
5184555922

Gabryszak, Dennis
5184553962
7166860083

Galef, Sandy
5184555728
9149419132

Gantt, David
5184555419
5854543788

Garbarino, Andrew
518-455-5258
631-647-9403

Gibson, Vanessa
518-455-5461
718-235-5966

Giglio, Joseph
(518) 455-5869
7163737105

Gjonaj, Mark
518-455-5596
718-409-0431

Glick, Deborah
5184554649
2126745530

Goldfeder, Phillip
518-455-4723
718-945-9549

Goodell, Andy
518-455-4328
7164830299

Gottfried, Richard
518 455-5939
2122432035

Graf, Al
5184555908
7189870863

Gunther, Aileen
5184555239
8457945910

Hawley, Stephen
5184555558
5185895813

Heastie, Carl
5184555103
7186545836

Hennessey, Edward
518-455-5908
631-207-2006

Hevesi, Andrew
5184555173
7182635688

Hikind, Dov
5184555948
7184365734

Hooper, Earlene
518-455-4329
516-538-3155

Jacobs, Rhoda
5184553881
7184214396

Jaffee, Ellen
5184555119

Johns, Mark
5184555057
5182235243

Jordan, Tony
5184553727

Katz, Steve
518-455-5543

Kavanagh, Brian
518 455-4801
2129790594

Kearns, Michael
5184555238

Kellner, Micah
5184555282
9174322983

Kim, Ron
518-455-5856
718-939-1238

Kolb, Brian M.
5184554650

Lalor, Kieran Michael
518-455-5729

Lavine, Charles
5184555467
5166760071

Lentol, Joseph
5184554599
7183831576

Lifton, Barbara
5184554640

Lopez, Peter
5184555856

Lopez, Vito
5184555789

Losquadro, Dan
518-455-4740
631-727-0426

Lupardo, Donna
5184555693

Lupinacci, Chad
518-455-5729

Magee, William
5184555237

Magnarelli, William
5184555498

Maisel, Alan
5184555043

Malliotakis, Nicole                
5184555970
7189870863

Markey, Margaret
5184555032
7186513027

Mayer, Shelley
518 455-5499
914-779-8859

McDonald, III, John
518-455-4727

McDonough, David
5184555559
5164092073

McKevitt, Tom
5184554346

McLaughlin, Steven
518-455-5923
518-479-0653

Miller, Michael
5184555729

Millman, Joan
5184554787

Montesano, Michael
5184555477

Morelle, Joseph
5184555647
5854675342

Mosley, Walter
518-455-3684
718-596-4992

Moya, Francisco
5184555375
718-478-2371

Nojay, Bill
518-455-5918
585-334-5437

Nolan, Catherine
5184553847

O'Donnell, Daniel
5184553812
2128641095

Oaks, Bob
5184555407

Ortiz, Félix
5184553828
7184926435

Otis, Steven
518-455-4861
914-777-5416

Palmesano, Philip
5184554644
607-776-5185

Paulin, Amy
5184555409
9147232665

Peoples-Stokes, Crystal
5184555471
7168971150

Perry, N. Nick
5184555478
7183853339

Pretlow, J. Gary
5184555447

Quart, Dan
518-455-4629
212-605-9948

Ra, Edward
5184554643
5163542551

Rabbitt, Annie
5184555929

Raia, Andrew
5184555804
6312612992

Ramos, Phil
5184555236

Reilich, Bill
5184553093
5852256502

Rivera, José
5184555596
7184090431

Roberts, Samuel
5184555383

Robinson, Annette
5184555857
7183997690

Rodriguez, Robert
5184553893
2128282807

Rosa, Gabriela
5184554908
212-544-2252

Rosenthal, Linda
5184555015
2128766520

Rozic, Nily
518-455-5479
718-820-0414

Russell, Addie
518-455-5751
315-386-2041
315-786-0287

Ryan, Sean
5184554890

Saladino, Joseph
5184555024

Santabarbara, Angelo
518-455-5435
518-843-0049

Scarborough, William
5184555522
7186577365

Schimel, Michelle
5184554921

Schimminger, Robin
5184554724

Sepúlveda, Luis
518-455-3693
718-931-2915

Silver, Sheldon
5183345437
5184555918
518 455-5459
2123121425

Simanowitz, Michael
518-455-5408
718-969-8326

Simotas, Aravella
5184555014

Skartados, Frank
518-455-5593
845-561-5218

Skoufis, James
518-455-5884
845-567-3910

Solages, Michaelle
518-455-5560

Stec, Dan
518-455-5710
518-792-5584

Steck, Phil
518-455-5840

Stevenson, Eric
5184555925

Stirpe, Al
5184555523

Sweeney, Robert
5184553976

Tedisco, James
5184553750

Tenney, Claudia
518-455-5391
315-853-2383

Thiele, Jr., Fred
5184555963

Titone, Matthew
5184555946
7184429942

Titus, Michele
518 455-3892
7183271878

Walter, Raymond
5184555023
5184553770
7168549731

Weinstein, Helene
518 455-5752
7187694846

Weisenberg, Harvey
5184555769

Weprin, David
5184555977
718 428-8575

Wright, Keith L.T.
5184553890
2128641368

Zebrowski, Kenneth
5184555561

Assembly Offices
5184554649
212-6745530