AFC budgets

Sam Mellins filed this request with the New York State Office of Court Administration of New York.
Submitted Nov. 16, 2022
Status
Completed

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From: Sam Mellins

Subject: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: AFC budgets

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:

1. budgets and actual spending on attorneys for the child in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017.
2. contractor audits of attorney for the child spending since 2019.

These records are subject to FOIL per OCA's list of FOIL subject material available at https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/Foil/Foil-subjectMatter-List.pdf

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Sam Mellins

From: New York State Office of Court Administration

Subject: RE: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: AFC budgets

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The Office of Court Administration acknowledges receipt of your FOIL request dated 11/16/22, seeking:

1. budgets and actual spending on attorneys for the child in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017.
2. contractor audits of attorney for the child spending since 2019.

We have begun to process your request and we will provide you with a status update on or before December 19, 2022.

From: New York State Office of Court Administration

Subject: RE: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: AFC budgets

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Please be advised that we require additional time to complete our response to your FOIL request dated 11/16/22. We will provide you with a status update on or before January 18, 2023, if we have not completed our response by then.

Thank you for your courtesy in this matter.

From: New York State Office of Court Administration

Subject: RE: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: AFC budgets

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Please be advised that we require additional time to complete our response to your FOIL request dated 11/16/22. We will provide you with a status update on or before February 14, 2023, if we have not completed our response by then.

Thank you for your courtesy in this matter.

From: New York State Office of Court Administration

Subject: RE: New York Freedom of Information Law Request: AFC budgets

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This e-mail responds to your correspondence dated 11/16/22 which pursuant to FOIL, requested:

1. budgets and actual spending on attorneys for the child in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017.
2. contractor audits of attorney for the child spending since 2019.
In response to your first request the information you requested is below:

Attorney for Child Program
Budget
Expenditures
FY 2017-18
$ 122,245,951
$ 117,825,028
FY 2018-19
$ 127,957,373
$ 121,886,581
FY 2019-20
$ 123,395,844
$ 120,462,304
FY 2020-21
$ 127,859,224
$ 104,613,446
FY 2021-22
$ 136,973,439
$ 115,303,326

These numbers include both Personal Service (PS) and Nonpersonal Service (NPS). PS represents appropriation for salaries and non-wage compensation for employees. NPS represents appropriation for items such as contractual services, travel, equipment and supplies.

In response to your second request, the Office of Court Administration has conducted a diligent search of available records and has not located any records responsive to your request.

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