Freedom of Information Law Archives

May 31, 2018

Agents of the City FOIL Response reveals some of the political machinations used to promote the proposed BQX street car project

A review of the history of the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector street car project and newly-released e-mails show that lobbyists and developers were receiving inside information about the BQX.

May 17, 2018

Daniel Dromm’s 2017 City Council calendar reveals meetings with special interests, but redactions stand out

The official 2017 calendar of Councilmember Daniel Dromm showed scheduled meetings with Taser International, several special interest groups, a controversial Democratic Party club, and problematic redactions.

April 19, 2018

City of New York’s systemic FOIL violations referred to U.S. Attorney’s Office in a complaint

In a complaint filed with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, a pattern and practises investigation was requested about excessive delays by the City of New York in processing FOIL Requests.

April 1, 2018

A series of open records requests aims to discover information about BQX project, and its impact

For a forum sponsored by the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project about filing open records requests, several FOIA and FOIL requests were made, seeking documents and records about the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar service, or BQX.

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