NY PBO Public Officer
| Name | Description | ||
| PBO | Public Officer | ||
| Article 6 | Article 6 – Freedom of Information Law | ||
| Section 89 – General provisions relating to access to records; certain cases 1. 5 days – Acknowledgement 2. 20 days – Time Limit 3. Computer generate data 4. 30 days – Appeal 5. 10 day – Appeal reply |
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| 1 | (3)(a) “… within five business days of the receipt of a written request for a record reasonably described, shall … furnish a written acknowledgement … and a statement of the approximate date, which shall be reasonable under the circumstances …” | ||
| 2 | “… if circumstances prevent disclosure … within twenty business days .., the agency shall state, in writing, both the reason for the inability to grant the request within twenty business days and a date certain within a reasonable period, depending on the circumstances, when the request will be granted in whole or in part. … “ | ||
| 3 | “… When an agency has the ability to retrieve or extract a record or data maintained in a computer storage system with reasonable effort, it shall be required to do so. …” | ||
| 4 | (4)(a) “… any person denied access to a record may within thirty days appeal in writing …” (Note: If original FOIL request is not acknowledged, requestor can appeal after 5 days.) |
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| 5 | “… governing body … shall within ten business days of the receipt of such appeal fully explain in writing … the reasons for further denial …” | ||
| Article 7 | Article 7 – Open Meetings Law | ||
| Section 103 – Open meetings and executive sessions (e) Agency records … scheduled to be the subject of discussion by a public body during an open meeting … shall be posted on the website to the extent practicable at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting. |
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| Section 104 – Public notice “1. Public notice of the time and place of a meeting scheduled at least one week prior thereto shall be given or electronically transmitted to the news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated public locations at least seventy-two hours before such meeting.” “2. Public notice of the time and place of every other meeting shall be given or electronically transmitted, to the extent practicable, to the news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated public locations at a reasonable time prior thereto.” |
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| Section 106 – Minutes “3. …minutes shall be posted on the website within two weeks of the date of such meeting …” |
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| Section 107 – Enforcement “3. The statute of limitations … shall commence to run from the date the minutes of such executive session have been made available to the public.” |
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