└── README.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FOIL Resources 2 | 3 | *Last updated 1/16/2015* 4 | 5 | FOIL contact information and resources for New York City and New York state agencies. 6 | 7 | [New York State's FOIL law](http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html) 8 | 9 | Before submitting any request, check the relevant site for current information about the procedures, fees, and expected response time of a request. 10 | 11 | ## New York City Agencies 12 | 13 | #### New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) 14 | 15 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/contact/contact.shtml 16 | 17 | Records Access Officer 18 | 280 Broadway, 7th Floor 19 | New York, NY 10007 20 | Phone: 212-393-2096 x2032 21 | Fax: 212-566-3843 22 | 23 | Current officer: Angela White (awhite@buildings.nyc.gov) 24 | 25 | #### New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) 26 | 27 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/foil.shtml 28 | 29 | PDF form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/foil_request_form_english.pdf 30 | 31 | New York City Department of Transportation 32 | Records Access Officer 33 | 55 Water Street, 4th floor 34 | New York, NY 10041 35 | dotfoil@dot.nyc.gov 36 | 37 | #### New York City Department of Education (DOE) 38 | 39 | Details: http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/GeneralCounsel/Legal/FILU/default.htm 40 | 41 | Records Access Officer 42 | NYC Department of Education 43 | 52 Chambers Street, Room 308 44 | New York, NY 10007 45 | Phone: 212-374-6888 46 | FOIL@schools.nyc.gov 47 | 48 | Current officer: Joseph Baranello 49 | 50 | #### New York City Police Department (NYPD) 51 | 52 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/legal_matters/dclm_doc_production_foil.shtml 53 | 54 | Records Access Officer 55 | NYC Police Department 56 | FOIL Unit - Legal Bureau 57 | One Police Plaza, Room 110-C 58 | New York, NY 10038 59 | 60 | #### New York City Fire Department (FDNY) 61 | 62 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/after_fire/fire_records.shtml 63 | 64 | Record Access Officer 65 | FDNY Bureau of Legal Affairs/CDLS Unit 66 | 9 MetroTech Center, 4th Floor 67 | Brooklyn, New York 11201-3857 68 | 69 | #### New York City Department of Finance 70 | 71 | Details: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/foil-requests.page 72 | 73 | Online form: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/contact-by-email/contact-foil-requests-and-rule-making-actions.page 74 | 75 | New York City Department of Finance 76 | Records Access Officer 77 | 345 Adams Street, 3rd Floor 78 | Brooklyn, NY 11201 79 | Phone: 718-403-3625 80 | 81 | #### New York City Department of Consumer Affairs 82 | 83 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/html/contact/foil_request.shtml 84 | 85 | Brenda Greene 86 | Freedom of Information Officer 87 | NYC Department of Consumer Affairs 88 | 42 Broadway, 9th floor 89 | New York, NY 10004 90 | Phone: 212-436-0285 91 | Fax: 646-500–5968 92 | dcafoil@dca.nyc.gov 93 | 94 | #### New York City Council 95 | 96 | Records Access Officer: Danielle Barbato 97 | Fax: 212.513.0701 98 | dbarbato@council.nyc.gov 99 | 100 | #### New York City Department of Parks & Recreation 101 | 102 | Details: http://www.nycgovparks.org/contact-parks/foil-request 103 | 104 | Records Access Officer: Christina Dookwah 105 | New York City Department of Parks & Recreation 106 | The Arsenal 107 | Central Park 108 | 830 Fifth Avenue 109 | New York, NY 10065 110 | Fax: 212-360-1373 111 | FOIL@parks.nyc.gov 112 | 113 | #### New York City Office of the Comptroller 114 | 115 | Details: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/forms-n-rfps/freedom-of-information-law-foil-requests/ 116 | 117 | Online form: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/forms-n-rfps/freedom-of-information-law-foil-requests/foil-request/ 118 | 119 | Records Access Officer 120 | New York City Comptroller’s Office 121 | One Centre Street, Room 602 122 | Municipal Building 123 | New York, NY 10007 124 | foil@comptroller.nyc.gov 125 | 126 | #### New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) 127 | 128 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/contact_us/index.shtml 129 | 130 | Online form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/contact_us/foil.shtml 131 | 132 | #### New York City Tax Commission 133 | 134 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/taxcomm/html/foil/foil.shtml 135 | 136 | Online form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/taxcomm/html/foil/foil_form.shtml 137 | 138 | New York City Tax Commission 139 | Records Access Officer 140 | 1 Centre Street, Room 2400 141 | New York, NY 10007 142 | 143 | #### New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) 144 | 145 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/records.shtml 146 | 147 | PDF form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/foil_form_doc.pdf 148 | 149 | NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission 150 | Office of Legal Affairs 151 | Attn: Records Access Officer 152 | 33 Beaver Street, 22nd Floor 153 | New York, NY 10004 154 | Fax: 212-676-1102 155 | FOIL@tlc.nyc.gov 156 | 157 | #### New York City Department of Correction 158 | 159 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doc/html/contact/foil.shtml 160 | 161 | Laura S. Mello 162 | Records Access Officer 163 | New York City Department of Correction 164 | 75-20 Astoria Blvd 165 | East Elmhurst, New York 11370 166 | 167 | #### New York City Department of City Planning 168 | 169 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/about/location.shtml#foil 170 | 171 | Records Access Officer 172 | 22 Reade Street, Second Floor, West 173 | New York, NY 10007 174 | Fax: 212-720-3219 175 | FOIL@planning.nyc.gov 176 | 177 | #### New York City Board of Elections (BOE) 178 | 179 | Executive Office 180 | 32 - 42 Broadway, 7 Fl 181 | New York, NY 10004 182 | Phone: 212-487-5400 183 | 184 | #### New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development 185 | 186 | Online form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/contact/foil-request-form.shtml 187 | 188 | Records Access Officer 189 | Department of Housing Preservation & Development 190 | 100 Gold Street 191 | New York, NY 10038 192 | 193 | Current officer: Donald Appel (APPELD@hpd.nyc.gov) 194 | 195 | #### New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) 196 | 197 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/contact/foil_request.shtml 198 | 199 | PDF form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/downloads/pdf/NYCHA_Freedom_of_Informtion_Request_Form.pdf 200 | 201 | Records Access Officer 202 | NYCHA 203 | 250 Broadway, 9th Floor 204 | New York, NY 10007 205 | Phone: 212-306-8680 206 | Fax: 212-306-8710 207 | FOIL@nycha.nyc.gov 208 | 209 | #### New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 210 | 211 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/contact/ogc-foil.shtml 212 | 213 | Records Access Officer 214 | Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 215 | Gotham Center 216 | 42-09 28th Street, Floor 14th, CN31 217 | Long Island City, NY 11101 218 | Fax: 347-396-6087 219 | recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov 220 | 221 | #### New York City Office of Emergency Management 222 | 223 | *No FOIL contact listed, address taken from [here](http://www.governmentattic.org/5docs/NY-OEM-FOIL-Rpts_2001-2002.pdf)* 224 | 225 | FOIL Coordinator 226 | New York City Office of Emergency Management 227 | 165 Cadman Plaza East 228 | Brooklyn, New York, 11201 229 | 230 | #### New York City Department of Sanitation 231 | 232 | *No FOIL contact listed, address taken from [here](http://www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/downloads/pdf/rules/digest/DSNY_Rules_Reg.pdf)* 233 | 234 | DSNY, Freedom of Information Law Officer 235 | 125 Worth Street, Room 710 236 | New York, NY 10013 237 | 238 | #### New York City Department of Investigation 239 | 240 | *No FOIL contact listed, this is the general department mailing address.* 241 | 242 | City of New York 243 | Department of Investigation 244 | Records Access Officer 245 | 80 Maiden Lane 246 | New York, NY 10038 247 | Phone: 212-825-5900 248 | 249 | #### New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) 250 | 251 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/ccrb/html/contact/contact.shtml 252 | 253 | Director of Intergovernmental and Legal Affairs 254 | CCRB 255 | 100 Church St. 256 | New York, NY, 10007 257 | 258 | #### Public Advocate for the City of New York 259 | 260 | Details: http://advocate.nyc.gov/requesting-public-records 261 | 262 | Office of the Public Advocate 263 | Attn: Records Access Officer 264 | 1 Centre Street, 15th Floor 265 | New York, NY 10007 266 | RecordsAccess@pubadvocate.nyc.gov 267 | 268 | #### City University of New York (CUNY) 269 | 270 | Details: https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/communications-marketing/foil.html 271 | 272 | Dave Fields 273 | Records Access Officer 274 | University Dean and Special Counsel to the Chancellor 275 | 205 E. 42nd St. 276 | New York, NY 10017 277 | Phone No: 646-664-9110 278 | Fax: 646-664-3863 279 | Fields@mail.law.cuny.edu 280 | 281 | #### Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting 282 | 283 | Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/contact/foil.shtml 284 | 285 | Records Access Officer 286 | Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment 287 | One Centre Street, 27th Floor 288 | New York, NY 10007 289 | mihle@media.nyc.gov 290 | 291 | #### New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) 292 | 293 | Details: http://www.nycsca.org/Business/WorkingWithTheSCA/Legal/Pages/FreedomofInformationRequests.aspx 294 | 295 | Records Access Officer 296 | School Construction Authority 297 | 30-30 Thomson Avenue 298 | Long Island City, NY 11101 299 | Phone: 718-472-8302 300 | 301 | Current officer: Michael Szabaga 302 | 303 | #### Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) 304 | 305 | *See 'State Agencies' below.* 306 | 307 | ## State Agencies 308 | 309 | The Office of the State Comptroller maintains a basic list of state agency FOIL officers here: 310 | 311 | http://www.osc.state.ny.us/foilofficers.htm 312 | 313 | More detailed information is often available on individual agency websites. 314 | 315 | #### New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) 316 | 317 | Details: http://dmv.ny.gov/org/file-freedom-information-law-foil-request 318 | 319 | Records Access Officer 320 | New York State Department of Motor Vehicles 321 | FOIL Office 322 | 6 Empire State Plaza, Room 222 323 | Albany, NY 12228 324 | Phone: (518) 474-0621 325 | Fax: (518) 474-8537 326 | 327 | Current officer: Lisa Turnbull (Lisa.Turnbull@dmv.ny.gov) 328 | 329 | #### New York Department of Taxation and Finance 330 | 331 | Details: http://www.tax.ny.gov/help/contact/foil_requests.htm 332 | 333 | Records Access Office 334 | NYS Department of Taxation and Finance 335 | W.A. Harriman Campus 336 | Bldg 9 Room 100 337 | Albany, NY 12227 338 | Fax: 518-435-8548 339 | Property tax data: ORPTS.FOIL@tax.ny.gov 340 | All other requests: foil.requests@tax.ny.gov 341 | 342 | #### New York Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) 343 | 344 | Details: http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/mail.htm 345 | 346 | Records Access Office 347 | NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services 348 | Alfred E. Smith Building 349 | 80 South Swan St. 350 | Albany, New York 12210 351 | Fax: 518-457-2416 352 | foil@dcjs.ny.gov 353 | 354 | #### New York Department of Transportation (DOT) 355 | 356 | Details: https://www.dot.ny.gov/main/foil-form 357 | 358 | Records Access Office 359 | NYSDOT 360 | 50 Wolf Road 361 | 6th Floor 362 | Albany, NY 12232 363 | Fax: 518-457-9729 364 | MO-RecordsAccess@dot.ny.gov 365 | 366 | #### New York State Courts 367 | 368 | Details: http://www.nycourts.gov/foil/ 369 | 370 | Most court records are subject to disclosure under other provisions instead of FOIL; only administrative court records are subject to FOIL disclosure. 371 | 372 | Shawn Kerby, Assistant Deputy Counsel 373 | FOIL Officer 374 | Office of Court Administration 375 | 25 Beaver Street, Room 1170 376 | New York, NY 10004 377 | foil@nycourts.gov 378 | 379 | #### New York Department of Education 380 | 381 | Details: http://www.nysed.gov/foil 382 | 383 | Records Access Officer 384 | New York State Education Department 385 | 89 Washington Ave, Room 121 EB 386 | Albany, NY 12234 387 | Phone: 518-408-1818 388 | Fax: 518-473-2827 389 | FOIL@nysed.gov 390 | 391 | #### New York Department of State 392 | 393 | Details: http://www.dos.ny.gov/about/foil.html 394 | 395 | Online form: http://www.dos.ny.gov/about/contact.asp?DCode=FOIL#emailcontact 396 | 397 | Records Access Officer 398 | New York State Department of State 399 | One Commerce Plaza 400 | 99 Washington Avenue 401 | Albany, NY 12231 402 | Phone: 518-474-4752 403 | Fax: 518-474-4597 404 | 405 | #### State University of New York (SUNY) 406 | 407 | Details: http://www.suny.edu/contact/foil/ 408 | 409 | Online form: http://www.suny.edu/contact/email.cfm 410 | 411 | #### New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision 412 | 413 | Details: http://www.doccs.ny.gov/contactus.htm 414 | 415 | Online form: http://www.doccs.ny.gov/DOCCSwebfoilform.aspx 416 | 417 | NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision 418 | Attn: FOIL Unit 419 | Building 2 420 | 1220 Washington Ave 421 | Albany, New York 12226-2050 422 | Phone: 518-457-8126 423 | 424 | #### New York Department of Health 425 | 426 | Details: https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/foil/ 427 | 428 | Records Access Office 429 | New York State Department of Health 430 | Corning Tower, Room 2364 431 | Albany, NY 12237-0044 432 | Fax: 518-486-9144 433 | foil@health.state.ny.us 434 | 435 | #### New York Department of Labor 436 | 437 | Details: https://labor.ny.gov/secure/foilrequest.shtm 438 | 439 | Online form: https://www.labor.ny.gov/secure/foil.asp 440 | 441 | Records Access Officer 442 | New York State Department of Labor 443 | State Office Campus, Building 12, Room 509 444 | Albany, NY 12240 445 | Fax: 518-485-1819 446 | 447 | #### New York Department of Financial Services 448 | 449 | Details: http://dfs.ny.gov/legal/foil.htm 450 | 451 | Online form: https://myportal.dfs.ny.gov/web/guest-applications/ogc-foil-e-form 452 | 453 | New York State Department of Financial Services 454 | Office of General Counsel 455 | Attn: Records Access Officer 456 | One State Street, 20th Floor 457 | New York, NY 10004 458 | Fax: 212-709-1655 459 | Recordsaccessofficer@dfs.ny.gov 460 | 461 | #### Division of State Police 462 | 463 | Details: https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Request_Government_Records/ 464 | 465 | PDF form: https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Request_Government_Records/FOIL_FORM.cfm 466 | 467 | New York State Police 468 | Attn: Records Access Officer 469 | 1220 Washington Avenue, Bldg 22 470 | Albany, NY 12226-2252 471 | 472 | #### New York Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services 473 | 474 | Details: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/contact/index.cfm#foil 475 | 476 | Online form: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/contact/foil 477 | 478 | Records Access Officer 479 | NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services 480 | 633 Third Avenue 481 | 32nd Floor 482 | New York, NY 10017 483 | Fax: 212-867-7060 484 | DHSESFOIL@dhses.ny.gov 485 | 486 | #### New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs 487 | 488 | Details: https://dmna.ny.gov/foil/ 489 | 490 | Online form: https://dmna.ny.gov/foil/request/ 491 | 492 | #### New York Division of Veterans' Affairs 493 | 494 | Details: http://www.veterans.ny.gov/content/foil-foia 495 | 496 | PDF form: http://www.veterans.ny.gov/sites/default/files/FOIL%20request_2.pdf 497 | 498 | Records Access Officer 499 | NYS Division of Veterans' Affairs 500 | 2 Empire State Plaza, 17th Floor 501 | Empire State Plaza 502 | Albany, New York 12223 503 | DVAFoilRequest@Veterans.ny.gov 504 | 505 | #### Empire State Development 506 | 507 | Details: http://esd.ny.gov/FOIL.html 508 | 509 | Empire State Development 510 | Records Access Officer 511 | 633 3rd Ave 512 | 37th Floor 513 | New York, NY 10017 514 | FOIL@esd.ny.gov 515 | 516 | #### New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation 517 | 518 | Details: http://parks.ny.gov/inside-our-agency/foil-requests.aspx 519 | 520 | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation 521 | ATTN: Records Access Officer 522 | Albany, NY 12238 523 | Fax: 518-474-5106 524 | foil@parks.ny.gov 525 | 526 | #### New York Department of Agriculture & Markets 527 | 528 | Details: http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/contactfoil.html 529 | 530 | Rick Arnold 531 | Records Access Officer 532 | 10B Airline Drive 533 | Albany, N.Y. 12235 534 | Phone: 518-457-1059 535 | FOIL@agriculture.ny.gov 536 | 537 | #### Office of the State Comptroller 538 | 539 | Details: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/foil.htm 540 | 541 | Records Access Officer 542 | Office of the State Comptroller 543 | 110 State Street 544 | Albany, NY 12236 545 | Phone: 518-474-4015 546 | Fax: 518-473-8940 547 | FOIL@osc.state.ny.us 548 | 549 | #### Office of the Inspector General 550 | 551 | Details: http://www.ig.ny.gov/information/foil.html 552 | 553 | Records Access Officer 554 | Office of the State Inspector General 555 | Empire State Plaza 556 | Agency Building 2, 16th Floor 557 | Albany, NY 12223 558 | Fax: 518-486-3745 559 | foil@ig.ny.gov 560 | 561 | #### Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 562 | 563 | Request form: http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/foi-request.cfm 564 | 565 | List of fulfilled FOI requests: http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/freedom-information-requests.html 566 | 567 | #### Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) 568 | 569 | *Includes New York City transit, Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Metro-North Railroad, and MTA Police* 570 | 571 | Details: http://web.mta.info/foil.htm 572 | 573 | Current MTA FOIL contact: 574 | Anne Cutler 575 | 212-878-7315 576 | 577 | MTA Headquarters 578 | Victoria Clement 579 | Manager Legal Support Services/Freedom of Information Law Officer 580 | 347 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor 581 | New York, NY 10017 582 | 583 | MTA NYC Transit 584 | Denise Fraser 585 | 718-694-3909 586 | Deputy Exec. Asst. General Counsel/Freedom of Information Officer 587 | 130 Livingston Plaza, 12th Floor 588 | Brooklyn, New York 11201 589 | 590 | MTA Long Island Rail Road 591 | Richard Gans 592 | Vice President - General Counsel & Secretary 593 | Jamaica Station 594 | Jamaica, New York 11435 595 | 596 | MTA Metro-North Railroad 597 | Linda Montanino 598 | Asst Secy & Litigation Agent/Freedom of Information Law Officer 599 | 347 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor 600 | New York, NY 10017 601 | 602 | MTA Bridges and Tunnels 603 | Theressa Legall 604 | Freedom of Information Law Officer/Administrator 605 | 2 Broadway, 24th Floor 606 | New York, NY 10004 607 | 608 | MTA Capital Construction 609 | Zoë L. Davidson, Esq. 610 | Assistant General Counsel 611 | MTACC Law Department 612 | 2 Broadway 8th Floor 613 | New York, NY 10004-2209 614 | 615 | MTA Bus Company 616 | Gerard Mikorenda 617 | Freedom of Information Officer 618 | 2 Broadway 619 | New York, NY 10004 620 | 621 | MTA Police 622 | P.O. Chris Lyons 623 | Records Manager/MTA Police Foil Contact 624 | 347 Madison Avenue 625 | New York NY 10017 626 | 627 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------