During Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first term in office, the shortfall estimate of NYCHA’s capital improvements fund rose from $18 billion to $25 billion. The housing authority refuses to account for its shortfall estimate.
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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.
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Progress Queens loses FOIA appeal seeking release of DOJ records about the prosecution of activists
Second Circuit ruling in appeal case essentially permits the U.S. Department of Justice to comply with FOIA at its own discretion.
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Progress New York releases preview of C’est Vrai : Week In Review newsletter
Progress New York makes available a free preview of the C’est Vrai : Week in Review newsletter, a weekly bulletin that draws on information from a transparency reporting app to give political news important context.
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Permanent Government insider Stanley Brezenoff to replace NYCHA CEO Shola Olatoye after public outcry over lead crisis in public housing
NYCHA CEO Shola Olatoye is resigning, according to a news report, following public outcry at revelations that Ms. Olatoye and Mayor Bill de Blasio withheld information about lead exposure to tenants of New York City’s public housing developments.
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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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Growing Federal law enforcement interest in Queens County politics
Information being reviewed by Federal law enforcement about the activities of the Democratic Organization of Queens County includes the county political committee’s involvement in the recently-concluded speaker race for the New York City Council.
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FOIA lawsuit seeking DOJ records about prosecution of activists ends in failed appeal
A FOIA lawsuit seeking U.S. Department of Justice records about the prosecution of activists has ended in an adverse ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Elected officials, with power to regulate land use and real estate development, appear at rally to decry unregulated real estate development
Elected officials, including Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, appeared at a rally to oppose the disposition of City-owned land in Long Island City to real estate developers. Yet, rally participants overlooked the failure by legislators to regulate responsible land use.
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DOJ moves to dismiss appeal that seeks judicial disqualification in FOIA lawsuit
The DOJ’s filing would keep an allegedly biased judge in charge of FOIA litigation seeking the speech records of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
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