Robert M. Morgenthau papers, 1944-2019

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Series VII: Statements and Testimonies before Local, State and National Governmental Bodies, 1944-2019



Box 42 National Industrial Conference Board, 1969 June 26


Box 42 Statement of RMM as United States Attorney before the House Banking and Currency Committee, 1969 December 4


Box 42 RMM's Statement--U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York, 1969 December 22


Box 42 RMM's Statement on his leaving as U.S. Attorney, 1970 January 15


Box 42 Statement of RMM before the Banking and Currency Committee, 1970 February 10


Box 42 Statement of RMM before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, 1970 June 10


Box 42 Statement on Foreign Bank Secrecy, 1970 June 10


Box 42 Statement of Pierre N. Leval, First Assistant District Attorney, 1975 March 18


Box 42 Statement of D.A.--Death; Definition of, 1975 April 18


Box 42 Statement before Liberal Party Forum, 1975 April 22


Box 42 Statement of RMM, New York County District Attorney--Crime, 1975 May 12


Box 42 Statement before the Borough Improvement Board, 1975 May 19


Box 42 Statement of RMM re: Judge Peter J. McQuillan's Opinion in Lee Earl Johnson case, 1975 May 23


Box 42 Statement before the City Council and Board of Estimate, 1975 June 4


Box 42 Statement of RMM in Opposition to Int. nos. 781 and 782 Limiting Abuses of Police Power, 1975 September 29


Box 42 Statement by RMM in support of Intro. 554 Gay Civil Rights Bill, 1975 September 11


Box 42 Statement re: Gun Control Legislation, 1975 October 7


Box 42 Increase in Trials Press Release, 1975 October 13


Box 42 Statement of RMM re: Budget Cuts, 1975 October 16


Box 42 Statement of RMM re: Budget Cuts Impact of, 1975 October 17


Box 42 Statement of RMM re: Budget, 1975 November 7


Box 42 Statement of RMM Determination of Death, 1975 December 17


Box 42 Testimony of RMM before Senate Judiciary Committee, 1976 January


Box 42 Statement before State Commission of Investigation on Grand Jury Leaks, 1976 January 27


Box 42 "New York Report" WOR-TV Channel 9 Public Affairs, 1976 March 1


Box 42 Testimony of RMM, Chairman, on Proposed [Division of Criminal Justice Services] DCJS Regulations on Processing Criminal History Information, Criminal Justice Information Systems Steering Committee The City of New York [dated 1975 December], 1976 March 2


Box 42 Press Release Controversy re: film: "Snuff", 1976 March 9


Box 42 Statement of District Attorney RMM to Joint Meeting of City Council and Board of Estimate, 1976 May 3


Box 42 Statement of RMM re: turning down job of Special Prosecutor, 1976 May 17


Box 42 Statement on Behalf of RMM, District Attorney, New York County, by Peter L. Zimroth, Chief of the Appeals Bureau, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1976 June 17


Box 42 RMM Statement: "Has the Increase in Crime Had Any Effect on the Fourth Amendment, Dealing with Searches and Seizures, a Subject of Concern to Colonists Before the Declaration of Independence?", Judicial Conference of the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, PA, 1976 September 21


Box 42 Statement on Hugh Carey Campaign [never issued], 1976 September 30


Box 42 RMM Statement in Luis Velez case [killing of Police Officer Frederick Reddy and Andrew Glover], 1976 October 19


Box 42 RMM Statement before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the New York State Assembly Committee on Codes on Grand Jury Prosecutorial Practice (Richard Gottfried, Chairman), 1977 April 12


Box 42 RMM Statement on Det. Benjamin Jacobsen, 1977 June 10


Box 42 RMM Statement before the Codes Committee Hearing on State Support of Major Case Systems, 1977 December 21


Box 42 RMM Statement before the Senate Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Stabilization, Washington, DC, 1978 May 17


Box 42 RMM Testimony before Subcommittee on Criminal Court System on Pre-Arraignment, 1978 October 24


Box 42 RMM Testimony in Support of Intro. 384: Outlaw pernicious and unfair discrimination against homosexuals, 1978 November 8


Box 42 RMM Statement before Senate Judiciary Committee S. 241: "Justice System Improvement Act of 1979", 1979 February 9


Box 42 RMM Statement re: lump sum payments, 1979 July 26


Box 42 RMM Statement re: Dr. Michael Baden, Medical Examiner, 1979 August 7


Box 42 RMM Statement before Codes Committee re: Sentencing Hearings, 1979 September 28


Box 42 RMM Statement before Board of Correction re: transfer at New York County Lawyers Association, 1979 October 10



Box 43 RMM Statement re: Johns Patronizing Prostitutes, 1979 October 19


Box 43 RMM Statement before the New York Crime Control Planning Board Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), 1980 February 19


Box 43 RMM Statement before NY Assemby and Senate Codes Committee re: Handguns, 1980 April 16


Box 43 RMM Statement before U.S. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1980 May 2


Box 43 RMM Statement on the Insanity Defense Reform Act, for the Op-Ed of The New York Daily News, 1980 July 1


Box 43 RMM Statement before Committee on Investigation, Taxation and Government Operation (NY State Senator Roy Goodman, chairman), 1980 November 6


Box 43 RMM Statement before the Association for a Better New York and the Citizens Crime Commission, 1981 April 8


Box 43 RMM Statement on Dismissal of the Indictment of Paul Ira Ferber re: Child Pornography Statute, 1981 May 14


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Felony Deterioration, 1982 February 10


Box 43 Statement of RMM and Sterling Johnson before the U.S. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1982 April 30


Box 43 RMM Statement re: proposed White Street Detention Facility, 1982 December 2


Box 43 RMM Testimony before City Council re: Gay Rights Bill Intro. No. 1, 1983 February 22


Box 43 RMM Statement before the Joint Board of Estimate--City Council Hearings on the Preliminary Budget for 1984, 1983 March 9


Box 43 Statement of RMM and Sterling Johnson before the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1983 June 20

(2 folders)


Box 43 RMM Remarks before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations--re: organized crime, 1984 January 25


Box 43 State Investigation Commission (SIC)--Hearings, 1984 February 16


Box 43 RMM Statement re: death of Councilman Fred Samuel, 1985 September 12


Box 43 RMM Statement re: arson fires, 1985 October 7


Box 43 RMM Statement re: child prostitution, 1985 October 15


Box 43 RMM Statement re: dismissal of Bernhard Goetz indictment, 1986 January 17


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Rudolph Guiliani's remarks, 1986 February 10


Box 43 RMM Statement re: gay rights, 1986 March 11


Box 43 RMM Statement re: budget for enhanced prosecution of narcotics and narcotics related crimes, 1986 June


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Juvenile Crime, "Getting Tough on Juvenile Crime: The Debate--Courts shouldn't shield repeat violent predators from the consequences of their actons", Newsday, 1986 June 17


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Court of Appeals' decision in Bernhard Goetz case, 1986 July 18


Box 43 RMM Statement and Testimony before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, U.S. House of Representatives, 1986 July 18


Box 43 RMM Statement before Committee on Public Safety, Council of the City of New York, 1986 September 18


Box 43 RMM Statement re: "crack"--Article--Manuscript--Newsday, 1986 September 18


Box 43 Statements of RMM and Jackie Schafer on Gay Rights, 1986 October 9


Box 43 RMM Statement re, narcotics--Article--Pennysaver, 1987 February 3


Box 43 RMM Statement re: shooting in Harlem, 1987 March 2


Box 43 RMM Statement re: "Crime: Who are the Victims?", Amsterdam News, 1987 April 11


Box 43 RMM Statement re: budget hearings--City Council, 1987 May 20


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Bernhard Goetz verdict, 1987 June 16


Box 43 RMM Statement--"Our Invaluable Grand Juries", The New York Times, 1987 June 23


Box 43 RMM Testimony re: AIDS and the Criminal Justice System before Association of Bar Subcommittee, 1987 October 15


Box 43 RMM Statement re: illegal drugs before the U.S. Senate, Foreign Relations Committee, 1988 February 8


Box 43 RMM Testimony re: drug sales in the schools, 1988 February 10


Box 43 RMM Statement--"We are Losing the War on Drugs", The New York Times, 1988 February 16


Box 43 RMM Statement re: battered women before City Council Committee on Women, 1988 March 15


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Bias-Related Violence Bill, 1988 March 24


Box 43 RMM Statement re: (2) transit police officers--arrest of, 1988 May 12


Box 43 RMM Statement [never issued] re: public financing of campaigns, 1988 June


Box 43 RMM Statement re: drugs in schools, 1988 June 21


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Legal Aid Society motion re: Jeffrey Hibbler, 1988 July 1


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Tactical Narcotics Teams (TNT) before the City Council Committee on Public Safety, 1988 September 19


Box 43 RMM Statement re: Tactical Narcotics Teams (TNT) before NYC Board of Estimate, 1988 October 20


Box 43 RMM Statement re: child abuse and neglect before the General Welfare Committee, 1988 November 1


Box 43 RMM Statement re: NYS Inspector General, 1988 December 21



Box 44 RMM Statement re: Rudolph Giuliani's announcement that he is resigning, 1989 January 10


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Bernhard Goetz sentencing, 1989 January 13


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Otto Obermaier nomination, 1989 January 20


Box 44 RMM Statement re: forfeiture before NYS Law Enforcement Council, 1989 February 8


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: Tactical Narcotics Teams (TNT) before City Council Committee on Public Safety, 1989 February 24


Box 44 RMM Statement re: forfeiture laws before Governor's Conference on Forfeiture, 1989 March 23


Box 44 RMM Statement re: posse gangs before Jamaican Committee for Civil Rights, 1989 April 5


Box 44 RMM Statement re: drug epidemic before Chief Judge Sol Wachtler Press Conference at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1989 April 17


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Governor's action agenda to help the NYC criminal justice system, 1989 May 8


Box 44 RMM Statement re: drug problem before the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1989 May 31


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: fiscal year 1990 executive budget before the City Council and Board of Estimate, 1989 June 1


Box 44 RMM Statement re: illegal drugs before the New York State Law Enforcement Council Press Conference, 1989 June 27


Box 44 RMM Statement re: illegal drugs before the New York State Senate and Assembly Codes Committee, 1989 August 15


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Strike Forces--U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Attorney's offices--Consolidation of, 1989 September 8

(2 folders)


Box 44 RMM Statement re: grand juries before New York State Law Enforcement Council, 1990 March 1


Box 44 RMM Statement re: budget, 1990 March 14


Box 44 RMM Statement re: National Drug Control Strategy and public policy goals before the House Committee on Government Relations, 1990 May 2


Box 44 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 1991 budget request before the City Council Committee on Finance, 1990 June 7


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Narcotics Eviction Program Press Conference with Mayor David Dinkins and U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato, 1990 July 30


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Central Park verdict, 1990 August 18


Box 44 RMM Statement re: violent street crimes before Senate Committee on Investigations, Taxation and Government Operations, 1990 September 18


Box 44 RMM Statement re: series of initiatives to streamline criminal justice system, 1990 October 4


Box 44 RMM Statement re: proposals made by the mayor addressing violent city crime, 1990 October 25


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: problems of crimes committed against the elderly, 1990 November 15


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: "Bias-Related Violence Bill" before Council Committee on State and Federal Legislation, 1991 February 4


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: arrest-to-arraignment issues before Committee on Public Safety New York City Council, 1991 February 19


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: fiscal year 1992 budget request before the City Council Joint Finance/Criminal Justice Committee, 1991 March 13


Box 44 RMM Remarks re: violent crime before Violent Crime Forum, New York State Law Enforcement Council Forum, 1991 April 11


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: compensation of NYC District Attorneys before the Advisory Commission to Review Compensation Levels of Elected Officials (Shinn Commission), 1991 May 1


Box 44 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 1992 executive budget before the City Council Joint Finance/Criminal Justice Committee, 1991 May 21


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act of 1991 before the Senate Banking Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, 1991 May 23


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Int. No. 601--Assault Weapons, 1991 June 26


Box 44 RMM Statement re: community policing before City Council Committee on Public Safety, 1991 November 14


Box 44 Statement--(5) NYC District Attorneys before Finance Committee of City Council, 1991 December 19


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: proposed fiscal year 1993 executive budget before the City Council Finance/Public Safety Committees, 1992 February 27


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: proposed fiscal year 1993 executive budget before the City Council Finance/Public Safety Committees, 1992 May 11


Box 44 RMM Statement re: subway crash (motorman) verdict, 1992 October 15


Box 44 RMM Statement re: story on Arnold Biegen the former finance chairman of Mayor David Dinkins' 1989 campaign, 1992 October 19


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: Centre Street before the NYC Council Committee on Public Safety, 1993 January 27


Box 44 RMM Testimony re: fiscal year 1994 preliminary budget proposal before the Finance/Public Safety Committees, 1993 March 8


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Johnnie Cromartie, who died in police custody, 1993 June 4


Box 44 RMM Remarks delivered to the Mollen Commission [investigation into NYC Police Department Corruption], 1993 October 7


Box 44 RMM Statement re: Appointment of William J. Bratton as NYC Police Commissioner, 1993 December 2


Box 44 RMM Statement re: cameras in the courtroom, 1994 March 1


Box 44 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 1995 budget before the City Council Finance and Public Safety Committees, 1994 March 9


Box 44 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 1995 executive budget before the City Council Manhattan Delegation, 1994 May 17


Box 44 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 1995 executive budget before the City Council Finance and Public Safety Committees, 1994 May 20



Box 45 RMM Statement re: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis--death of, 1994 May 20


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Mollen Commission Final Report, 1994 July 7


Box 45 Statements--RMM and Barbara Jones re: independent monitor for police corruption, 1994 August 25


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Death Penalty, 1995 February 7


Box 45 RMM Statement re: People v. Ryan decision--retroactivity of, 1995 February 16


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Budget before the City Council on Finance and Public Safety Committees, 1995 May 18


Box 45 RMM Statement re: carting industry, 1995 November 30


Box 45 RMM Testimony re: carting industry, 1995 December 12


Box 45 RMM Statement re: response to study by Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1996 February 28


Box 45 RMM Statement re: budget before the City Council and Finance and Public Safety Committees, 1996 March 13


Box 45 RMM Statement re: on resignation of NYC Police rCommissioner Bratton, 1996 March 26


Box 45 RMM Statement re: on jury verdict in People v. Peter Del-Debbio, 1996 March 26


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Appointment of Howard Safir as NYC Police Commissioner, 1996 April


Box 45 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 1997 executive budget, 1996 May 28


Box 45 RMM Statement re: shooting of (2) young men on Broadway between 137th and 138th Streets (1997 February 13), 1997 February 28


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison program (DTAP) before the Assembly Standing Committees on Codes and Correction, 1997 March 13


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Kevin Cedeno, 1997 April 7


Box 45 RMM Statement re: budget hearings, 1997 May 29


Box 45 RMM Statement re: letter to City Council on independent police and investigation audit board, 1997 September 23


Box 45 RMM Statement re: fiscal 1999 preliminary executive budget before the City Council Finance and Public Safety Committees, 1998 March 19


Box 45 RMM Statement re: budget, 1998 May 19


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Demonstrator arrests in the Amadou Diallo protests, 1999 April 7


Box 45 RMM Statement re: money laundering, 1999 May 3


Box 45 RMM Statement re: budget, 1999 May 20


Box 45 RMM Statement re: appointment of Justice Joseph Sullivan as Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, 1st Dept., 2000 February 16


Box 45 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 2001 preliminary budget, 2000 March 13


Box 45 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 2001 executive budget, 2000 May 11


Box 45 RMM Testimony re: subject of auditor independence before U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2000 September 13

(3 folders)


Box 45 RMM Statement re: on the awarding of DNA analysis contracts, 2000 September 27


Box 45 RMM Statement re: Guy Velella, 2000 November 2


Box 45 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 2002 before the Committee on Public Safety jointly with the Subcommittee on District Attorneys, Courts and Investigations, 2001 March 12


Box 45 RMM Reflections re: John Cardinal O'Connor, 2001 April


Box 45 RMM Statement re: proposed executive expense, revenue, capital and contract budgets and CD-XXVII and CD-XXVIII programs for fiscal year 2002, 2001 May 10


Box 45 RMM Statement re: fiscal year 2003 preliminary budget, 2002 March 18


Box 45 RMM Statement re: hearing on proposed executive expense, revenue, capital and contract budgets and CD-XXVIII and CD-XXIX programs for the fiscal year 2003, 2002 April 29


Box 45 RMM Statement re: New York City fiscal year 2004 preliminary budget, mayor's FY'03 preliminary management report an agency oversight hearings, 2003 March 6


Box 45 RMM Statement re: executive fiscal year 2004 budget before the City Council Public Safety Committee, 2003 May 13


Box 45 RMM Statement re: New York City Council fiscal year 2005 preliminary budget, mayor's FY'04 preliminary management report and agency oversight hearings, 2004 March 9


Box 45 RMM Statement re: meeting with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of the Disappeared), 2004 April 13


Box 45 RMM Statement re: declaration of a mistrial in the case against Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz, 2004 April 2


Statements--DA's Office and before Local, State and National Governmental Committees



Box 39 Statement by RMM on the budget before City Council Public Safety Committee, 2004 May 17


Box 39 Loan Forgiveness Bill--Statement by RMM expressing thanks to Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin for his sponsorship of the loan forgiveness bill, 2004 June 21


Box 39 Statement before the Senate Finance Committee, 2004 July 21


Box 39 Republican National Convention (RNC) Protestors--Statement by RMM regarding the dismissal of charges of the 227 people arrested during the Republic National Convention (RNC) near the World Trade Center, 2004 October 6


Box 39 Rockefeller Drug Reform, 2004 December 6


Box 39 Death Penalty--Statement, 2004 December 15


Box 39 Budget Statement before City Council Public Safety Committee, 2005 March 21


Box 39 DNA--Sexual Assault--Statement by RMM in which he called for the abolition of the statute of limitations on sexual assault cases. Press release announcing proposed legislation, 2005 May 5


Box 39 Kozlowski, Dennis and Mark Swartz--Statement by RMM following the verdict in People v. Kozlowski and Swartz, 2005 June 17


Box 39 City Coucil Public Safety Committee--Statement, 2006 March 21


Box 39 Budget Testimony before City Council, 2006 May 25


Box 39 Budget Hearings--City Council Public Safety Committee, 2007 March 20


Box 39 Sentencing Reform Hearings, 2007 November 13


Box 39 Budget Testimony before City Council, 2008 March 19


Box 39 RMM's Budget Testimony before the City Council Committee on Public Safety, 2008 May 19


Box 39 Statement of RMM on Budget before Council Committee on Public Safety, 2009 March 30


Box 39 Statement of RMM on Budget before the Foreign Policy Committee, 2009 May 6

(2 folders)


Box 39 Budget Hearings before City Council Public Safety Committee, 2009 May 19


Box 39 Statement of RMM on Sonia Sotomayor, 2009 June 9


Box 39 RMM's Statement at Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Hearings, 2009 July 16



Box 84 Andrew Cuomo--Statement on Secure Communities and RMM's Statement, 2011 June 12



Box 39 Statement of RMM before City Council, 2013 January 25


Box 39 Statement--"Morgenthau Reflective in Last News Conference," The New York Times, 2013 June 24


Box 39 Statement of RMM before City Council on ICE Detainers, 2014 October 15