{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DigitalDocument","altText":"Gillio_Lopes_v_Kathleen_M_Hochul_et_al_LETTER___CORRESPOND_30.pdf","alternateName":"911974_26_Gillio_Lopes_v_Kathleen_M_Hochul_et_al_LETTER___CORRESPOND_30.pdf","caption":"Gillio_Lopes_v_Kathleen_M_Hochul_et_al_LETTER___CORRESPOND_30.pdf","contentUrl":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/764/raw","datePublished":"2026-11-06T21:10:22+00:00","description":"Gillio_Lopes_v_Kathleen_M_Hochul_et_al_LETTER___CORRESPOND_30.pdf","encodingFormat":"application/pdf","identifier":"764","isAccessibleForFree":true,"machineReadable":{"json":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/764/index.json","markdown":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/764/index.md"},"name":"911974_26_Gillio_Lopes_v_Kathleen_M_Hochul_et_al_LETTER___CORRESPOND_30","ocrStatus":"ready","ocrText":"--- Page 1 ---\nOffice of the New York State \nAttorney General \nLetitia James \nAttorney General \n \n \n Litigation Bureau | The Capitol | Albany NY 12224 \n518-776-2300 | ag.ny.gov \nWriter Direct:  (518) 776-2036 \n \nNovember 6, 2026 \n \n \nHonorable James R. Farrell \nActing Supreme Court Justice \nSupreme Court of the State of New York \nSullivan Supreme and County Courthouse \n414 Broadway \nMonticello, NY 12701 \n(via NYSCEF and e-mail) \n \n \nRe: \nLopes, Gillio v. Hochul, et. al \n \nSupreme Court, Albany County \nIndex No. 911974-26 \n \nDear Justice Farrell: \n \nThis office represents Respondents Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York and \nLetitia James, New York State Attorney General (collectively, Respondents) in the above-\nreferenced matter.  I write today to respectfully request an opportunity for Respondents to \nrespond to Petitioner\u2019s motion for leave to amend by Friday, November 13, 2026. \n \nBy way of brief background, yesterday evening, Petitioner moved by order to show cause for \nleave to amend the Verified Petition.  In the proposed order to show cause, Petitioner requests \nthat this Court set a briefing schedule for Respondents\u2019 answer to their motion, as well as \nPetitioner\u2019s reply.  Accordingly, we write to provide Respondents\u2019 position regarding the \nbriefing schedule contemplated in the proposed order to show cause. \n \nRespondents respectfully request that the deadline for their response to Petitioner\u2019s motion \nbe set for Friday, November 13, 2026.  Although this Court\u2019s rules ordinarily require motion \nsubmissions on Thursdays, Respondents respectfully request that they be permitted to make \ntheir submission on a Friday to account for the intervening Veterans Day holiday.   \n \nRespondents take no position on the time for Petitioner\u2019s reply, except to reiterate their \nrequest made at oral argument that this proceeding continue on an expedited trajectory. \n \n \nFILED: ALBANY COUNTY CLERK 11/06/2026 03:28 PM\nINDEX NO. 911974-26\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 30\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/06/2026\n1 of 2\n\n--- Page 2 ---\nLitigation Bureau | The Capitol | Albany NY 12224 \n518-776-2300 | ag.ny.gov \nThank you for your kind consideration to this request. \n \nRespectfully submitted, \n \n/s/ Kaitlin Vigars \n \nKaitlin Vigars \nAssistant Attorney General \n \n \ncc: \nAll counsel of record \n(via NYSCEF and e-mail) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nFILED: ALBANY COUNTY CLERK 11/06/2026 03:28 PM\nINDEX NO. 911974-26\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 30\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/06/2026\n2 of 2","text":"--- Page 1 ---\nOffice of the New York State \nAttorney General \nLetitia James \nAttorney General \n \n \n Litigation Bureau | The Capitol | Albany NY 12224 \n518-776-2300 | ag.ny.gov \nWriter Direct:  (518) 776-2036 \n \nNovember 6, 2026 \n \n \nHonorable James R. Farrell \nActing Supreme Court Justice \nSupreme Court of the State of New York \nSullivan Supreme and County Courthouse \n414 Broadway \nMonticello, NY 12701 \n(via NYSCEF and e-mail) \n \n \nRe: \nLopes, Gillio v. Hochul, et. al \n \nSupreme Court, Albany County \nIndex No. 911974-26 \n \nDear Justice Farrell: \n \nThis office represents Respondents Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York and \nLetitia James, New York State Attorney General (collectively, Respondents) in the above-\nreferenced matter.  I write today to respectfully request an opportunity for Respondents to \nrespond to Petitioner\u2019s motion for leave to amend by Friday, November 13, 2026. \n \nBy way of brief background, yesterday evening, Petitioner moved by order to show cause for \nleave to amend the Verified Petition.  In the proposed order to show cause, Petitioner requests \nthat this Court set a briefing schedule for Respondents\u2019 answer to their motion, as well as \nPetitioner\u2019s reply.  Accordingly, we write to provide Respondents\u2019 position regarding the \nbriefing schedule contemplated in the proposed order to show cause. \n \nRespondents respectfully request that the deadline for their response to Petitioner\u2019s motion \nbe set for Friday, November 13, 2026.  Although this Court\u2019s rules ordinarily require motion \nsubmissions on Thursdays, Respondents respectfully request that they be permitted to make \ntheir submission on a Friday to account for the intervening Veterans Day holiday.   \n \nRespondents take no position on the time for Petitioner\u2019s reply, except to reiterate their \nrequest made at oral argument that this proceeding continue on an expedited trajectory. \n \n \nFILED: ALBANY COUNTY CLERK 11/06/2026 03:28 PM\nINDEX NO. 911974-26\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 30\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/06/2026\n1 of 2\n\n--- Page 2 ---\nLitigation Bureau | The Capitol | Albany NY 12224 \n518-776-2300 | ag.ny.gov \nThank you for your kind consideration to this request. \n \nRespectfully submitted, \n \n/s/ Kaitlin Vigars \n \nKaitlin Vigars \nAssistant Attorney General \n \n \ncc: \nAll counsel of record \n(via NYSCEF and e-mail) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nFILED: ALBANY COUNTY CLERK 11/06/2026 03:28 PM\nINDEX NO. 911974-26\nNYSCEF DOC. NO. 30\nRECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/06/2026\n2 of 2","thumbnailUrl":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/764/thumb.webp","transcriptStatus":"not_applicable","transcriptText":"","url":"https://lucycraig.blog/media/764"}