The forum was sponsored by Citizens Union along with other good government groups Reinvent Albany, League of Women Voters of New York City, and NYPIRG. (gothamgazette.com)
Until she was interviewed for this story, Patricia McGinnis, a former CEO for the now - defunct Council for Excellence in Government and a co-signer on DeMaio's 2000 transition report, believed DeMaio's company was a nonprofit like her organization and most other good government groups. (voiceofsandiego.org)
But he and members of other good government groups are putting a priority on strengthening FOIL in other ways, including passing a law that would mandate the payment of attorneys» fees to a plaintiff when a court finds that an agency had no «reasonable basis» to deny access to a public record. (timesunion.com)