Tag Archives: Chief Welfare Attorney

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VII)

Posted on February 16, 2011 by annecwoodlen

The government is supposed to do only what cannot be done by the people individually, e.g., fight foreign wars, maintain the Thruway, and support a nursing home for the indigent. Otherwise, the government is supposed to leave the people alone. It is … Continue reading →

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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VI)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Continuation of letter to DSS Commissioner David Sutkowy regarding attorney Zachary Karmen’s surveillance of disabled people and home health aides working through Enable and ARISE: Now Mr. Karmen has taken another step toward criminalizing the most frighteningly poor people in our society: … Continue reading →

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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part V)

Posted on February 13, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Excerpts of my letter were read at the Disabled In Action committee meeting with lawyers, county legislators, David Sutkowy and Zachary Karmen in attendance: Dear Commissioner Sutkowy, I am requesting that you immediately direct Chief Welfare Attorney Zachery Karmen to stop misusing … Continue reading →

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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part IV)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by annecwoodlen

On December 22, 2009, Wayne Freeman and Russell Maxwell signed a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General and were required to pay $80,000 back to the New York State taxpayers. The CIA was a 27-page … Continue reading →

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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part II)

Posted on February 10, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Then I get to remembering. In the 1980’s, a special prosecutor uncovered two corrupt schemes in Onondaga County government. In one, the county department heads were shaking down their employees twice a year for contributions to the Republican Party. In … Continue reading →

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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part I)

Posted on February 9, 2011 by annecwoodlen

In October 2005, I received a letter illegally kicking me off Medicaid transportation, signed by Zachary Karmen, Chief Welfare Attorney of the Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services. That was the first I’d ever heard of Mr. Karmen. Medicaid transportation was, … Continue reading →

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Under Cover of Darkness: Corruption in Onondaga County Government (Part II)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by annecwoodlen

So Wayne Freeman, doing business as Medical Answering Service (MAS), LLC, was botching the job and the result was that I couldn’t get to my doctors’ appointments, so I started asking questions. One of the things I learned was … Continue reading →

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