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Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman Oice of the Attorney General he Capitol Albany, NY 12224-0341 Hon. Andrew M. Cuomo Oice of the Governor he Capitol Albany, NY 12224-0341 Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman New York State Court of Appeals 20 Eagle Street Albany, New York 12207 APPEAL TO APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD DEPARTMENT from an order/judgment of a lower court Town of Montauk Plaintif-Appellant vs. Hon. Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez, as Secretary of State of the State of New York, with control of, and respon- sibility for, the Director of Corporations of the De- partment of State Defendant-Respondent

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Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman

Oice of the Attorney General

he Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

Hon. Andrew M. Cuomo

Oice of the Governor

he Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman

New York State Court of Appeals

20 Eagle Street

Albany, New York 12207

APPEAL TO APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD DEPARTMENT

from an order/judgment of a lower court

Town of MontaukPlaintif-Appellant

vs.

Hon. Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez, as Secretary of State of the State of New York, with control of, and respon-sibility for, the Director of Corporations of the De-partment of State

Defendant-Respondent

i Record on Appeal

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Index# _______________ Record on Appeal

Albany# 6703/10

Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman

Oice of the Attorney General

he Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

Hon. Andrew M. Cuomo

Oice of the Governor

he Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman

New York State Court of Appeals

20 Eagle Street

Albany, New York 12207

APPEAL TO APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD DEPARTMENT

from an order/judgment of a lower court

Town of MontaukPlaintif-Appellant

vs.

Hon. Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez, as Secretary of State of the State of New York, with control of, and responsibility for, the Director of Corporations of the Department of State

Defendant-Respondent

ii CPLR 5531 Statement

CPLR 5531 Statement

Statement Pursuant to CPLR 55311. he Index Number in the trial court was 6703/10

2. he full names are as set forth above. here have been no changes.

3. he action was commenced in Supreme Court, Albany County.

4. he complaint was iled on October 5th, 2010. he answer was served on May 15th, 2013.

5. he object of the action is to compel the Division of Corporations of the Department of State to ile the certiicates of merger/consolidation of the 1994 Montauk Friends of Olmsted Parks Corporation and the 1882 Trustees of Montauk Corporation and the Certiicate of Incorporation of the Township of Montauk.

6. he appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Albany County dated May 15th, 2013 and entered May 14th, 2013 by Teresi, J.

7. he appeal is being perfected on the full record method using the papers considered noted in the footnote to judge Teresis’s Decision and Order; Town of Montauk v. Vasquez, Teresi, J. May 14th, 2013.

APPEAL TO APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD DEPARTMENT

from an order/judgment of a lower court

Town of MontaukPlaintif-Appellant

vs.

Hon. Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez, as Secretary of State of the State of New York, with control of, and responsi-bility for, the Director of Corporations of the Depart-ment of State

Defendant-Respondent

CPLR 5531 Statement

iiiCPLR § 2105 Certiication

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

CPLR § 2105 CertiicationIndex no. 6703-2010

I, Steven J. Sherlock, Esq. an attorney at law admitted to practice within the courts

of the State of New York do hereby certify pursuant to CPLR § 2105 papers contained

in this Record on Appeal have been personally compared by me to the originals on ile with in

the oice of the Clerk of Supreme Court, Albany county in Albany county courthouse 16 Eagle

Street Albany, NY 12207 basement ile room 92 (tel. 518-487-5126), and that I have found them

to be true and complete copies of those papers.

Dated: Albany, New York

__________, ____, 2014

APPEAL TO APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD DEPARTMENT

from an order/judgment of a lower court

TOWN OF MONTAUKPlaintif

vs

Hon. LORRAINE CORTÉS-VÁSQUEZ, as Secretary of State of the State of New York, with control of, and responsibility for, the Division of Corporations of the Department of State,

Defendant

iv Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of ContentsBrief & Appendix

Record on A ppe al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iCPLR 5531 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i iCPLR § 2105 Cer t if icat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i i iTable of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ivMFOP board minutes Aug ust 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Decis ion and Order ; Town of Montauk v. Vasquez , Teresi , J. May 14th, 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Receipt , Notice of A ppeal , 10/29/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Notice of A ppeal , Index# 6703-10, 10/24/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Precalend ar statement , 10/24/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Notice of Entr y - Order of Transfer, NYS Cour t of A ppeals , 9/25/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Order of Transfer : NYS Cour t of A ppeals ( Town of Montauk v. Vasquez) , 9/12/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Memorandum of Respondent , 09May2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20May 2013 Aff id avit of Rober t A Ficalora- Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32May 2013 Aff id avit of Rober t A Ficalora , A lbany Index# 6703-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Order to S how Cause, 4/18/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

a . Aff id avit of Personal Ser vice , 4/24/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36b. Receipt (R JI/OSC), 4/18/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37c . Request for Judic ia l Inter vention, 4/18/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Cer t if icate of Incor porat ion:Township of Montauk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39C hecks stamped for deposit , 7/26/2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Cer t if icate of Merger/Consol id at ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Depar tment of State re ject ion letter, 8/11/2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Complaint , 10/05/2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Cer t if icate of Incor porat ion, MFOP, 2/18/1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Declarat ion of Rig hts and Tr usteeship, 5/23/1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50A ssemblyman T hiele acknowledgement , 5/26/1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51C hapter 139, L aws of 1852, 4/2/1852 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Petit ion to cour t of A ppeals , 11/5/2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Order, Cour t of A ppeals , People v Vor pahl 5/6/2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Decis ion and Order, Town of Montauk , Inc vs Pataki et a l , 1/22/2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56N.Y. Not for Prof it Cor porat ions L aw §904 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Bus Cor p L aw § 902: PL AN of MERGER or CON SOLIDAT ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Bus Cor p L aw § 403 Cer t of Inc : EFFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61L aws of the Colony of New York : T HE FIR ST A SSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. C hapters 1&2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Dongan Patent and C har ter, 12/9/1686 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65L etter to Gov. Patterson request ing an executive order, 9/27/2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77T he Ar t iculated Rights and Const itut ion of the Township of Montauk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83L etter to Gov Spitzer and Cour t of A ppeals , 8/16/2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89T he Montauk Gazette , July 2012: QUO WARR AN TO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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July 2014 Montauk Brief of Robert A. Ficalora

his matter seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Division of Corporations of the

Department of State to ile both:

1. the Certiicates of Incorporation of the Township of Montauk, and

2. the Certiicate of merger/consolidation of the Montauk Trustee Corporation (Chapter 139, Laws of 1852) Montauk Friends of Olmsted

Parks corporation (est.1994).

his brief is limited to discussing the documents submitted in this case and no new exhibits

are introduced.

he May 8, 2007 Appellate Division Decision and Order in the matter of Town of Montauk,

Inc. v Pataki, et al, 40 A.D.3d 772 (2007), 835 N.Y.S.2d 447. held that:

“Town of Montauk, Inc.,” is not an established corporation, since it has iled no incorporation papers with the Department of State (see Business Corporation Law § 403; Not-For-Proit Corpoation Law §§ 403, 904[a]). (p. 24)

I prepared a certiicate of incorporation pursuant to Section § 402 of the business

corporations law and gathered signatures in front of the Montauk Post Oice. he certiicate

reads:

We, the undersigned taxpaying owners of land in Montauk, understand that by signing this certiicate that we are the founding incorporators of the Township of Montauk. It will take efect immediately upon iling with the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations pursuant to N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 403 ... (p. 39)

his record includes the attachments to my 2013 Albany Aidavit (p. 30) that included

attachments to the October 5, 2010 Complaint (p. 42) with the signiicant addition of the

November 5, 2002 Petition to the New York State Court of Appeals:

In these past several years the Montauk Friends of Olmsted Parks Cor-poration bas acted according to its incorporated purposes, and its claim assumption of tbe powets at law of the 1852 Montauk Trustee Corpora-tion, for and on behalf of the proprietors cf Montauk to present to the

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court issues regarding our extensive properties, our sovereign rights of a township and of our suferings under unlawful government.

In consideration of this situation and with an attentive eye to the needs of this court, in December of 2000 our board of acting trustees adopted a Constitution for Montauk entitled “he Articulated Rights and Con-stitution of the Township of Montauk” (Montauk Constitution). As set forth therein we are returning to government by town meeting meeting in the same manner as our forebears and other towns of New Eag1and. What set forth in the Montauk Constitution is the process of a “Rep-resentative Town (RTM.) such as currently enjoyed by forty two Mas-sachusetts towns, seven Connecticut towns, one Maine town and one Vermont town.

We do beg the court to understand that we have lost no war, and we haven’t done anything wrong that we know of, but the very special liber-ties and privileges at law of our town - fundamental rights of sovereignty - have been suppressed and a new and despotic form of government has been imposed upon us. We do pray for the rule of law and your under-standing that our complaint is a matter that can and must be equitably settled.(p. 54)

As a result of the forgoing, and upon intervention in the matter in re: Stuart Bennett Vorpahl,

on the sixth day of May, 2004 the Court of Appeals in Albany with Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief

Judge, presiding in he People &c. v Stuart Bennett Vorpahl, Appellant, Town of Montauk, Inc,

Intervenor (2 NY3d 781), held that:

A motion for leave to intervene &c, in the above cause having been here-tofore made upon the part of the intervenor herein and. papers having been submitted thereon and due deliberation having been thereupon had, it is ORDERED, that the said motion for leave to intervene be and the same hereby is dismissed upon the ground that Robert A. Ficalora is not an attorney authorized to represent Montauk Friends of Olmsted Parks/Montauk Trustee Corporation on behalf of the Incorporated Township of Montauk (CPLR 321[a]). (p. 55)

A Notice of Intervention as of right had been iled pursuant to CPLR 1012(a)(3) upon an

historical claim of jurisdiction over Montauk’s isheries under the 1686 Dongan territorial Patent

and colonial charter. he Incorporated Township of Montauk was recognized as the intervenor

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in the court’s order and the accompanying motion to convert Stuart’s criminal case to a civil one

was considered a motion for leave to intervene and used as the grounds for dismissal.

he contentious First Assembly of the Colony of New York, at Chapter 2 of the laws of 1691

holds that:

“..all Charters, Pattents, Grants, made made, given and granted and well and truley executed under the seal of this Province , Constituted and Authorized by their late and present Majtys the Kings of England, and registerd in the Secretaryes oice. unto the respective Corporations of bodys politick of dthe Cittys Towns and Mannors, and also the several and respective freeholders within this Province and shall forever be deemed, esteemed and reputed good and efectual Charters, Patents, and grants Authentick in Law agalnst their Majesties their heires and Successors for ever... (pp. 63-64)

he above law remains constitutionally protected under Article I Section 14 of the

Constitution ot State of New York. he New York State Legislature is the heir and successor to

their Majesties, the Kings of England and has caused grievous injury to the body politic of the

Townships Easthampton and Montauk; this court has jurisdiction.

he 1686 Dongan Patent established a proprietary Town of Easthampton with ownership

vested in its grantees (p. 64). he 1851 New York Supreme Court order of Hon. Nathan B.

Morse, J.S.C. in the matter of Henry P. Hedges, et.al. (Proprietors of Montauk) v. the Trustees

of the Freeholders and Commonaltv of the Town of Easthampton (citation unknown) divided

the lands within the Dongan Patent. It was efected by deed dated March 9th, 1852, with the

Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Easthampton (at that time the sole

government thereof) granting Montauk to Montauk’s proprietors. Because the charter rights

in the 1686 Dongn Patent are attached to and run with the land, the Proprietors retained equal

claim through its provisions.

Because of this division Montauk was let without lawful government, so on April 2nd,

1852, an Act of the State legislature at chapter 139 remedied this defect by incorporating the

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freeholder/proprietors of Montauk and establishing the corporation of the Trustees of Montauk

airming its power to govern. Because the rights granted in the Dongan Patent and Charter are

attached to and run with the land, Montauk is a Town with all the rights, liberties, privileges and

powers therein conferred.

In 1879 an action in partition brought by Robert M. Grinnell and his wife Soie against the

respective owners of Montauk led to Montauk being sold by them at auction together with their

Montauk trustee Corporation to Arthur W. Benson for One Hundred and Fity-one thousand

dollars. he deed, recorded at Liber 246 p.256, lists the names of the individual proprietors

(noting the trustees of Montauk) and the 1952 corporation of the Proprietors and lists the names

of the individual proprietors (noting the trustees of Montauk).

In 1882 the meets and bounds of the Township of Montauk within the Dongan Patent were

enlarged by 1,100 acres when Mr. Benson, then sole proprietor of Montauk, purchased the lands

at Napeague by deed recorded at Liber 246 p. 256.

On September 29, 2011 the Town of Montauk intervened as a defendant as matter of right

pursuant to CPLR § 1012(a)(3) in he Seaview at Amagansett, LTD, et al. (Sufolk no. 09-34714)

in a matter regarding the right to regulate driving on the beach. he other defendants are the

Town of East Hampton (which doesn’t legally exist) and the Trustees of the Freeholders and

Commonalty of the Town of Easthampton (that sold the property to Arthur W. Benson in 1882).

he case was reassigned to Judge Jerry Garguilo and Quo Warranto demands were served upon

defendants (p. 90).

I attended a scheduled conference on Jan. 30, 2014 at the new Hon. Alan D. Oshrin Supreme

Court Building in Riverhead but the other defendants did not appear and no hearing was

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granted. However, I submitted copies of parties’ submissions into the record to show that the the

Town of Montauk had intervened and that the matter was joined.

Although I can intervene on behalf of the MFOP/ Montauk Trustee corporation and issue

Quo Warranto demands on behalf of the Township of Montauk, the court has repeatedly held

that I cannot move the court because I am not an attorney authorized to represent a corporation.

Upon attaining the relief requested, I will take action to gather Montauk Trustees, retain

counsel and return to Judge Garguilo’s court.

he start of the 1906 case of Pharoah v. Benson brought pursuant to chapter 177 of the laws of

1906 enabling claimant Indians to recover under historic agreements; the untimely 1907 death

of Frank Sherman Benson; the 1909 enactment of the Town Law and General Municipal Laws

of the State or New York; the 1910 decision in Pharoah declaring the Montaukett tribe of Indians

to be extinct estopping claims under ther 1661, 1654, 1687 and 1702/3 deeded agreements; the

1911 ire at the library at New York State Capitol Building that burned the historic records of the

State Assembly (while the Paroah case was on Appeal); Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s recent

veto of a bill (2014) to recognizing a new Montaukett tribe of Indians; the unfortunate 1918 last

will and testament or Mary Benson; the 1924 purchase of a major part of Montauk lands by Carl

Fisher from the Estate of Mary Benson; the new 1909 Town Law Town Board government of the

Town of East Hampton (sic) that was set up circa 1925 with the support of the State legislature

(without a charter or Constitutional warrant); the 1957 liquidation of the Montauk real property

assets the Estate of Mary Benson; the 1960 name change of the Long Island Historical Society

to the Brooklyn Historical Society; the 1960 establishing of the Sufolk County legislature (an

ahistorical travesty); the purported 1962 Rockefeller, Duryea, Mangano et. al. repeal of Bill

of Rights Article I §10, §13 and §15 of the Constitution of the State of New York; the hurried

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enactment of Article IX of the Constitution pertaining to local governments and home rule

powers to ill the hole caused by the repeal of Article I §15.

Prior to the above, he Town of Easthampton had been a carefully protected proprietary

township. Filing the instant certiicate of Incorporation of the Township of Montauk and the use

of the Articulated Rights can reverse this.

he 1686 territorial patent and colonial charter for the Town of Easthampton included

language that granted sovereign jurisdiction found in the charters of the Many of the colonies

that would later become states:

To be holden of his said Majesty, his heirs and Successors in free and Comon Soccage according the Mannor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent within his Matyes Realm of England...(p. 71)

Feudalism, also known as Manorialism, is the root of our local laws. he Manor of East

Greenwich was the site of Greenwich Palace on the hames River by the city of London. he

most signiicant aspect of tlis grant to the English colonies in America - emphasized by Samuel

Adams - was that it placed the colonies outside of the jurisdiction of Parliament. A Town with

these powerful and constitutionally protected chartered rights have been referred to as having

“the rights of a State within a State”.

he 1686 Dongan Patent for the Town of Easthampton is attached to and runs with the land.

Upon the 1852 court-ordered deeded release of Montauk from Easthampton, the lands included

in the meets and bounds of the Patent were divided and the undivided lands of Montauk

were let without government. he State legislature promptly incorporated the proprietors of

Montauk at Chapter 139 of the Laws of 1852 establishing the Montauk Trustee corporation with

the rights of the Township of Montauk.

“Upon the iling of the certiicate of incorporation by the department of state, the corporate existence shall begin, and such certiicate shall be conclusive that all conditions precedent have been fulilled, and the

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corporation has been formed under this chapter...” Bus Corp Law § 403, p. 61

Checks for the fees for the certicate of merger and of Incorporation were tendered and

stamped by the clerks oice for deposit (7/20/2010, p. 38) but on August 11th, 2010 the iling

was returned for specious reasons and suggested that we contact an attorney. he Complaint in

this action was iled 10/5/2010 (p. 42).

Conclusive evidence has been presented that all conditions precedent have been fulilled

and that the corporation will be formed under Business Corporations Law § 403. he defendant

should be compelled to ile the instant certiicates whereupon the corporate existence of

the Township of Montauk and of the Montauk Friends of Olmsted Parks/Montauk Trustee

Corporation within the State of New York shall begin.

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Notice of Appeal, Index# 6703-10, 10/24/2013

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Precalendar statement, 10/24/2013

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Order of Transfer: NYS Court of Appeals (Town of Montauk v. Vasquez), 9/12/2013

20 Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

21Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

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22 Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

23Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

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24 Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

25Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

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26 Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

27Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

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28 Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

29Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

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30 Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

31Memorandum of Respondent, 09May2013

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32 May 2013 Aidavit of Robert A Ficalora- Table of Contents

May 2013 Affidavit of Robert A Ficalora- Table of Contents

May 2013 Aidavit of Robert A Ficalora- Table of Contents

33May 2013 Aidavit of Robert A Ficalora, Albany Index# 6703-10

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May 2013 Aidavit of Robert A Ficalora, Albany Index# 6703-10

34 May 2013 Aidavit of Robert A Ficalora, Albany Index# 6703-10

May 2013 Affidavit of Robert A Ficalora, Albany Index# 6703-10

35Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

36 Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

a. Aidavit of Personal Service, 4/24/2013

37Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

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b. Receipt (RJI/OSC), 4/18/2013

38 Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

Order to Show Cause, 4/18/2013

c. Request for Judicial Intervention, 4/18/2013

39Certiicate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Certiicate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

40 Certiicate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

Certificate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

41Certiicate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

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42 Certiicate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

Certificate of Incorporation:Township of Montauk

Checks stamped for deposit, 7/26/2010

43Certiicate of Merger/Consolidation

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Certiicate of Merger/Consolidation

44 Department of State rejection letter, 8/11/2010

Department of State rejection letter, 8/11/2010

Department of State rejection letter, 8/11/2010

45Complaint, 10/05/2010

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Complaint, 10/05/2010

46 Certiicate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

Certificate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

Certiicate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

47Certiicate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

48 Certiicate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

Certificate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

49Certiicate of Incorporation, MFOP, 2/18/1994

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50 Declaration of Rights and Trusteeship, 5/23/1996

Declaration of Rights and Trusteeship, 5/23/1996

Declaration of Rights and Trusteeship, 5/23/1996

51Assemblyman hiele acknowledgement, 5/26/1996

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Assemblyman hiele acknowledgement, 5/26/1996

52 Chapter 139, Laws of 1852, 4/2/1852

Chapter 139, Laws of 1852, 4/2/1852

Chapter 139, Laws of 1852, 4/2/1852

53Chapter 139, Laws of 1852, 4/2/1852

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54 Petition to court of Appeals, 11/5/2002

Petition to court of Appeals, 11/5/2002

Petition to court of Appeals, 11/5/2002

55Order, Court of Appeals, People v Vorpahl 5/6/2004

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Order, Court of Appeals, People v Vorpahl 5/6/2004

56 Decision and Order, Town of Montauk, Inc vs Pataki et al, 1/22/2007

Decision and Order, Town of Montauk, Inc vs Pataki et al, 1/22/2007

Decision and Order, Town of Montauk, Inc vs Pataki et al, 1/22/2007

57Decision and Order, Town of Montauk, Inc vs Pataki et al, 1/22/2007

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

58 Decision and Order, Town of Montauk, Inc vs Pataki et al, 1/22/2007

Decision and Order, Town of Montauk, Inc vs Pataki et al, 1/22/2007

59N.Y. Not for Proit Corporations Law §904

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

N.Y. Not for Proit Corporations Law §904

60 Bus Corp Law § 902: PLAN of MERGER or CONSOLIDATION

Bus Corp Law § 902: PLAN of MERGER or CONSOLIDATION

Bus Corp Law § 902: PLAN of MERGER or CONSOLIDATION

61Bus Corp Law § 403 Cert of Inc: EFFECT

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Bus Corp Law § 403 Cert of Inc: EFFECT

62 Laws of the Colony of New York: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. Chapters 1&2

Laws of the Colony of New York: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. Chapters 1&2

Laws of the Colony of New York: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. Chapters 1&2

63Laws of the Colony of New York: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. Chapters 1&2

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

64 Laws of the Colony of New York: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. Chapters 1&2

Laws of the Colony of New York: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY, 4/9/1691. Chapters 1&2

65Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

66 Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

67Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

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68 Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

69Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

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70 Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

71Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

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72 Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

73Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

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74 Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

75Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

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76 Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

Dongan Patent and Charter, 12/9/1686

77Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

78 Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

79Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

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80 Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

Letter to Gov. Patterson requesting an executive order, 9/27/2010

81IMPORTANT Letter to Department of State, 7/21/2010

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

IMPORTANT Letter to Department of State, 7/21/2010

82 IMPORTANT Letter to Department of State, 7/21/2010

IMPORTANT Letter to Department of State, 7/21/2010

83he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

84 he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

The Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

85he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

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86 he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

The Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

87he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

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88 he Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

The Articulated Rights and Constitution of the Township of Montauk

89Letter to Gov Spitzer and Court of Appeals, 8/16/2007

Town of Montauk vs Hon Cortez Vasques

Letter to Gov Spitzer and Court of Appeals, 8/16/2007

90 he Montauk Gazette, July 2012: QUO WARRANTO

The Montauk Gazette, July 2012: QUO WARRANTO

he Montauk Gazette, July 2012: QUO WARRANTO