“We need stricter and shorter deadlines for agencies to follow to ensure that [freedom of information] requests are fulfilled, transparency is met, and democracy is maintained.”
The pandemic has shuttered government offices across the country, slowing down Freedom of Information requests. In New York, several agencies are reporting delays due to the crisis, worsening what advocates and journalists say was an already burdensome process.
‘Until Albany finally repeals 50a and until we have an administration with a zero-tolerance approach to NYPD misconduct, local District Attorneys must themselves start to hold these officers accountable.’
The MTA “lags badly behind” other government agencies when it comes to responding to Freedom of Information Law requests, a Reinvent Albany report says.
Meetings of a school siting task force and Neighborhood Advisory Councils for each of the four proposed borough jails have been closed to the public.
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The Charter says the public advocate is to investigate “the effectiveness of the public information and service complaint programs of city agencies.” Will the next person to hold that job actually do so?
In many agencies with headcounts into the tens of thousands, only a handful of people are dedicated to the task of complying with Freedom of Information Law requests.
On a tricky case involving Freedom of Information Law requests and terrorism investigations, the state’s top court made a tough call, based in part on an interesting claim by the NYPD.
The de Blasio administration is supposed to be more transparent than any of its predecessors. On a practical level, that only matters if they get around to showing you the stuff you need to see.
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