TO: THE HONORABLE ROBERT ABRAMS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
STATE CAPITOL
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12224
Pursuant to article IV, section three of the Constitution of the State of New York, the provisions of subdivision two of section 63 of the Executive Law and the statutes and law in such case made and provided, I hereby require that you, the Attorney General of the State, attend in person, or by one or more of your assistants or deputies, a term or terms of the Supreme Court to be held in and for the County of Suffolk, and that you, in person or by said assistants or deputies, appear before any grand jury drawn for any other term or terms of said court, and before any grand jury or grand juries which shall be drawn or which shall have heretofore been drawn for any other term or terms of said court, for the purpose of managing and conducting in said court and before said grand jury and said other grand juries any and all proceedings, examinations and inquiries and any and all criminal actions and proceedings which may be had or taken by or before said grand jury and grand juries concerning or relating to:
Pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section 63 of the Executive Law, all expenses incurred by the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of the proceedings enumerated herein, including the salary or other compensation of all deputies employed shall be a charge upon the County of Suffolk.
Pursuant to subdivision eight of section 63 of the Executive Law, I also find it to be in the public interest to require that you inquire into matters concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice with respect to the subjects which are within the scope of this requirement, and I so direct you to do so in person or by your assistants or deputies and to have the powers and duties specified in such subdivision for the purposes of this requirement.
Signed: Mario M. CuomoDated: May 2, 1989
[FN*] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 31 (George E. Pataki), infra.]
[FN[DAGGER]] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer), infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson), infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo), infra.]
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4.124