(The Center Square) — Good government groups are urging the New York City Council to swiftly approve legislation to ease a backlog of public records requests to the NYPD, the mayor’s office and other city agencies.
In a letter to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, the coalition of groups, including Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, the New York Coalition for Open Government and Freedom of the Press Foundation called on the board to approve Intro 1235 of 2025, which would overhaul the way New York City agencies respond to Freedom of Information Law requests.
“There are numerous news stories and government reports about how city agencies routinely violate the Freedom of Information Law by taking months, sometimes years, to respond to public records requests,” they wrote…