N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4.183

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 4.183 - Executive order no. 183: requiring the attorney general to supersede the district attorney of seneca county with respect to the investigation into allegations regarding the operations of the seneca county sheriff's department

TO: THE HONORABLE G. OLIVER KOPPELL

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 this State, as you deem appropriate and necessary after investigation, attend in person, or by one or more or your assistants or deputies, a term or terms of the Supreme Court to be held in and for the County of Seneca 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:

(a) any and all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions of any person, including but not limited to Thomas Fox and Peter Lawatsch, relating to the operations of the Seneca County Sheriff's Department, including but not limited to the misappropriation of state funds, the misuse of Sheriff's Department funds and equipment, and the misuse of inmate labor;

(b) any other alleged crimes or unlawful acts or omissions related to or committed incident to these alleged crimes or unlawful acts or omissions, or discovered in the investigation or prosecution thereof; and

(c) any and all acts or omissions or alleged acts or omissions occurring heretofore or hereafter to obstruct, hinder or interfere with any inquiry, prosecution, trial or judgment pursuant to or connected with this requirement; and that you conduct, manage, prosecute and handle such other proper actions and proceedings relating thereto as may come before said court and that you conduct, manage, prosecute and handle all trials at said terms of court, or any term of said court at which any and all indictments which may be found and which may hereafter be tried, pursuant to or in connection with this requirement, and in the event of any appeal or appeals or other proceedings connected herewith, to manage, prosecute, conduct and handle the same; and that in person or by your assistants or deputies you, as of the date hereof, supersede and in the place and stead of the District Attorney of the County of Seneca exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred upon you by statutes and law in such case made and provided and this requirement made hereunder, and that in such proceedings and actions the District Attorney of the County of Seneca shall exercise only such powers and perform such duties as are required of such District Attorney by you or your assistants or deputies so attending.

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 investigation and prosecution of the proceedings enumerated herein, including the salary or other compensation of all deputies and assistants employed shall be a charge upon the County of Seneca.

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: August 9, 1994

[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 § 4.183