Sentences with phrase «of information law»

Editor's Note: BxNN will keep posting this clock in our daily news roundups — tallying the days until the NYPD releases neighborhood sector crime stats, which we requested from them via a Freedom of Information Law request last year.

The critical tool for holding policymakers accountable, as well as ensuring that the public is educated on policymaking, is the Freedom of Information Law.

ALBANY — With legislators advancing bills and the state's attorney general jumping ahead, an aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo said late Thursday that he would convene a summit on government transparency, email retention and the Freedom of Information Law.

The second requires economic - development «entities» to obey the Freedom of Information law as well as ethics and open - meetings rules.

«It's hardly the highest standard when the response of the administration, in my opinion, is inconsistent with law,» said Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, which provides guidance on the state's Freedom of Information law.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about computer microchips being made in Saratoga county, a push for Gov. Cuomo to address the Freedom of Information Law, and activists calling for a veteran to avoid jail time.

The Cuomo policy of using centralized software to automatically delete state employee emails after 90 days is resulting in the destruction of emails, which are considered public records under New York's Freedom of Information Law.

If you do not receive a reply after 5 complete business days, send a follow up email saying that they are now not in compliance with the Freedom of Information Law.

Users are required to retain all emails potentially responsive to a Freedom of Information Law request or subject to a «litigation hold.»

Syracuse.com received a copy of the claim as part of a request for records under the Freedom of Information Law.

Lets have fun with the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)!

One day after a judge smacked down Mayor Bill de Blasio's claims that his emails with a powerful political and real estate consultant were exempt from Freedom of Information Law requests, the liberal Democrat vowed to continue his fight to make sure the people of New York City never get to see them.

The paper sent FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) requests for the most basic personnel information to 38 city agencies and found that several of them were slow to respond or have not yet fulfilled the request, including the Fire Department, the Department of Education and the Buildings Department.

Until then, we're still tallying the days until the NYPD releases neighborhood sector crime stats, which we requested from them via a Freedom of Information Law request last year.

However, last November, Empire State Development, the state agency that is currently managing SUNY Poly's economic development projects, did announce that Fuller Road Management and its sister entity, Fort Schuyler Management Corp., would follow «key provisions» of the Open Meetings Law and «conform» to the requirement of the Freedom of Information Law in an attempt to be more transparent.

Assembly Members Ron Castorina and Nicole Malliotakis, Republicans from Staten Island, argued that the city would pose a risk to national security by deleting that information, and sued the administration, making the case to a Richmond County Supreme Court judge that it would violate the state's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), which bars the destruction of city records.

De Blasio made the phone call to Stacey Cumberbatch, who was then commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, as favor to restaurateur Harendra Singh, according to the memo, first obtained by the New York Times through the Freedom of Information Law.

The GOP - oriented America Rising PAC announced Friday that it has filed requests under New York's Freedom of Information Law seeking documents on the purchase of the $ 12.5 million aircraft.

Currently, the legislature is not subject to the Freedom of Information Law, known as FOIL.

The state Senate approved a bill that would require a public agency that is sued over a Freedom of Information Law request pay attorneys» fees of the person or entity who sued when the plaintiffs prevail.

When the New York State Health Department refused to reveal details of a secretive, and now year and a half long study on fracking, they filed a Freedom of Information Law request.

Miner asked Raij to see the study, and the lawyer declined, saying he did not want to make the study «FOIL - able,» meaning publicly available under the Freedom of Information Law, Carroll said.

On top of that, we'll examine how reporters handle Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests — cases that involve freedom - of - information laws.

In a Q&A with reporters in Manhattan, Cuomo said he is looking to include in his proposals extension of the Freedom of Information Law to better cover the state Legislature, more disclosure requirements for lawmakers and an end to «the conflicts,» chiefly that lawmakers are part time and allowed to receive income outside their $ 79,500 base salaries as legislators.

Investigative Post obtained the test results through a request filed under the state Freedom of Information Law.

Governor Cuomo signed an executive order to expedite the freedom of information law appeals process.

One group, Environmental Advocates, has filed a freedom of information law request asking to see the details of the health study, which have not been publicly disclosed.

Records obtained by The Buffalo News through the Freedom of Information Law show Aronow's Regency Communications firm received almost $ 73,000 in consulting contracts between 2014 and 2017 at Western Regional Off - Track Betting.

Empire State Development, the state's leading economic development agency, has spent more than $ 75,000 promoting its tweets since October, records obtained under a state Freedom of Information Law request show.

It responded aggressively to legislators who advanced bills that would require the state to keep emails for at least seven years, like the federal government does, by wondering why the lawmakers exempted themselves from the state's Freedom of Information Law.

Reform groups are advocating for two bills they say would strengthen the state's Freedom of Information Law process.

Notice declined to turn over records after a Freedom of Information Law request from DNAinfo.

The video was released by the town of Ulster on Tuesday in response to request filed under the Freedom of Information Law.

A draft Uber bill given to Politico showed lawmakers potentially giving the company a blanket exemption to Freedom of Information Law requests.

Volunteer boards and commissions provide minutes of their meetings in part, said Earley, so that Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests by the public can be accommodated.

Emails are supposed to be saved for a variety of reasons, including pending document requests under the Freedom of Information Law, according to a 118 - page retention policy distributed to state employees.

A Freedom of Information Law request for the video initially was rejected by the town, but Town Attorney Jason Kovacs said his recommendation changed after reading an opinion from state Committee on Open Government Executive Director Robert Freeman.

Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Law show an «astounding 76 deaths» at the center from June 30, 2013, to March 31, 2016, said Kearns, a Buffalo Democrat.

For over a year now, City Manager Charles B. Strome has instructed his staff to play fast and loose with the New York State Freedom of Information Law.

Documents or emails that are subject to Freedom of Information Law requests are to be preserved, as are records placed on hold because of litigation.

JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO Bill Swiskey claims the Greenport Village Board is in violation of the state's Freedom of Information Law.

The two development corporations, citing their nonprofit status, contended they were exempt from the state's Open Meetings and Freedom of Information Law.

The office provided The Alt a collection of vetting - related documents in response to a Freedom of Information Law request.

A recent Freedom of Information Law request for any email communications sent by Cuomo, filed by Gannett's John Campbell, resulted in no information.

The county acknowledged the investigation last week when it denied a request from Syracuse.com under the state Freedom of Information Law.

ALBANY, NY (11/22/2010)(readMedia)-- A CSEA Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request has shown that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has added 36 top - level management / confidential positions to the state payroll since July 1, 2010, despite a state - hiring freeze.

Mangano's public calendar, which was provided to Newsday in response to a Freedom of Information Law request, is redacted on certain days, including portions of July and August 2012 and 2013, when the records show he would be vacationing at Singh's expense.

Stafford Owens, which counts ex-U.S. Rep. Bill Owens as a partner, served the town a notice of claims last week and demanded that the town comply with a Freedom of Information Law request to shed light on the complex agreement.

In an advisory opinion issued today, the head of the state agency charged with overseeing open government laws rejected NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's argument that some of his outside advisors were «agents of the city» and therefore exempt from the state's Freedom of Information Law.

The board today announced it would comply with a Freedom of Information Law request from the commission that would turn over voter rolls listing names, addresses and which elections the voter participated in.