David here is a letter from the New York State Attorney General's Office
stating that the USCF did not act properly in the matter of sell the
Newburgh building and handling the funds which were not properly reported:

http://www.samsloan.com/nysoag.htm

STATE OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELIOT SPITZER REGIONAL OFFICE DIVISION
Attorney General POUGHKEEPSIE REGIONAL OFFICE

November 29, 2004

Honorable Lawrence Horowitz
Orange County Supreme Court
255 Main Street
Goshen, New York 10924

RE: SAM SLOAN v. BEATRIZ MARINELLO, et.al.
Index No. 2004-7739
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE, Returnable, November 30, 2004

Dear Judge Horowitz:

The Attorney General's office received a copy of the Order to Show Cause and
supporting papers involving the purported sale of a building owned by the
United States Chess Federation. The Attorney General is not a named party in
this litigation. However, a search of our records reveals that no notice was
given to the Attorney General prior to the sale of this asset as required by
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law Sections 510 and 511. The statute requires
court approval on notice the Attorney General before substantially all the
assets of a not-for-profit corporation can be disposed of.

The petition also raises a number of other procedural and substantive
questions regarding membership and board approval, as well as, placement of
the sale proceeds in an escrow account.

Enclosed is a copy of the pamphlet referred to in the petition, A Guide to
Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets Pursuant to Not-For-Profit
Corporation Law Sections 510-511 and Religious Corporation Laws section 12
published by the Attorney General's office. Thank you for your
consideration.

Jeane L. Strickland Smith
Assistant Attorney General

Enclosure
cc: Sam Sloan

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