‘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.’
’50-a prevents the public disclosure of a police officer’s personnel records, even if those records reflect police misconduct. It is arguably one of the worst police secrecy laws in the country.’
Earlier this year, Seattle’s nine-member City Council voted unanimously to tax Amazon to help fund a response to the city’s housing crisis. Then, it voted 7-2 to repeal it. What…
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.
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…
City Hall argues that advice from some outside political operatives (who double as lobbyists) can be shielded from public disclosure. It’s a new spin on two familiar problems.
