Thanks for bringing this to the forefront. It’s remarkable how little freedom or information is involved with FOIL. I will write in to our Senator and lend my voice. I will search for an email/phone call campaign.
Rachel, you know, as well as I that government will figure out a workaround, regardless of what the law says. Maybe not for basic information as you example, but anything that involves a legal case will be circumvented. Often times this involves law-enforcement or other government agency that doesn’t want to share certain information . The information is either denied outright or appears after the court appearance or final disposition is made, or long after that information would be useful. Unless, of course, you’re a government employee using it to defend yourself against something. Heaven forbid one of us serfs request that information to defend ourselves against the government.
Thanks for bringing this to the forefront. It’s remarkable how little freedom or information is involved with FOIL. I will write in to our Senator and lend my voice. I will search for an email/phone call campaign.
Rachel, you know, as well as I that government will figure out a workaround, regardless of what the law says. Maybe not for basic information as you example, but anything that involves a legal case will be circumvented. Often times this involves law-enforcement or other government agency that doesn’t want to share certain information . The information is either denied outright or appears after the court appearance or final disposition is made, or long after that information would be useful. Unless, of course, you’re a government employee using it to defend yourself against something. Heaven forbid one of us serfs request that information to defend ourselves against the government.