Governor Andrew Cuomo
You are always talking about corruption in the legislative branch, yet, you do not discuss the deprivation and illegal imprisonments in NY. Every day that the family court is in session a father or mother is sentenced to jail or denied access to their child in an illegal closed court proceeding. This is more fully documented in my video:
Family Court proceedings are illegally closed (10:36)
The closing of the court is in violation of state statute: Family Court Uniform Rules Section 205.4 Access to Family Court Proceedings.
The closing of the court when a parent is charged with contempt for not paying child support or the loss of time with a child is also in violation of US Supreme Court rulings:
Argersinger v. Hamlin, 92 S.Ct. 2006 (1972) at 2008 held: It is “the law of the land” that no man’s life, liberty or property be forfeited as a punishment until there has been a charge fairly made and fairly tried in a public tribunal.
Matter of Chase, Family Court, 446 N.Y.S.2d 1000 (1982), 112 Misc.2d 436
The Supreme Court instructs that all trials, civil and criminal, are presumptively open, in vindication of an independent right of access of the public and the press.
