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Dear Seth Simons:
ESD is in receipt of your FOIL request seeking access to certain records of the New York State Urban Development Corporation ("UDC") doing business as Empire State Development ("ESD").
ESD is considering your request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers law, Section 84 et seq.) and its rules concerning access to the records of the Corporation. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL in 20 business days.
Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

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Dear Seth Simons:
ESD is in receipt of your FOIL request seeking access to certain records of the New York State Urban Development Corporation ("UDC") doing business as Empire State Development ("ESD").
ESD is considering your request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers law, Section 84 et seq.) and its rules concerning access to the records of the Corporation. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL in 20 business days.
Thank you.
Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov%3cmailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Howard Davis:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before May 12, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before May 12, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before June 10, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before July 12, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before August 9, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before September 7, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons,

Attached please requests for trade secret justification in connection with the above-referenced FOIL request.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

IMPORTANT: This e-mail message and any attachments contain information intended for the exclusive use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. Please immediately notify the sender by electronic mail or notify the System Administrator by telephone (518)292-5180 or e-mail (administrator@esd.ny.gov) and delete the message. Thank you.

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before October 5, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before November 3, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before December 5, 2022.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before January 4, 2023.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before February 2, 2023.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law, Section 84 et seq.) ("FOIL") and its rules concerning access to ESD's records. ESD will notify you of the status of its review and endeavor to provide you with any responsive documents and/or determination(s) made pursuant to FOIL on or before March 3, 2023.

Thank you.

Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Seth Simons:

This email responds to the remainder of your March 10, 2022 request for the following:

1) Any correspondence between current or former Empire State Development employees/officers/appointees and Veronica Sullivan, NBCUniversal SVP, Head of Global Production External Affairs & State & Local Government.
2) Any correspondence between current or former Empire State Development employees/officers/appointees and lobbyist Emily Giske.
The current or former employees/officers/appointees covered by this request include, but are not limited to:
Elizabeth Fine
Rhoda Glickman
Hope Knight
Jeff Janiszewski
Matthew Gorton
This request covers the dates 1/1/2020 until the date this request is processed.

Records responsive to your request are available by secure file transfer at the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/p7bggkx75dss57653ad79/h?dl=0&rlkey=6um29t73pd4i1g1c9za8xu78f. A password will follow under separate cover.
Pursuant to Public Officers Law 87(2)(i), ESD has redacted certain information that "if disclosed, would jeopardize the capacity of an agency or an entity that has shared information with an agency to guarantee the security of its information technology assets, such assets encompassing both electronic information systems and infrastructures."
Also, pursuant to Public Officers Law 87(2)(d), ESD has redacted and withheld information and documents that "are trade secrets or are submitted to an agency by a commercial enterprise or derived from information obtained from a commercial enterprise and which if disclosed would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the subject enterprise."
Further, ESD has redacted information that "if disclosed would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy under the provisions of subdivision two of section eighty-nine of this article", pursuant to Public Officers Law 87(2)(b).
Pursuant to Public Officers Law §89(4)(a), you have thirty (30) days to appeal this determination. An appeal of any portion of this determination should be directed to Empire State Development's appeals officer, New York State Urban Development Corporation d/b/a Empire State Development, 633 Third Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10017, FOILAppeal@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOILAppeal@esd.ny.gov>.

Kindly confirm receipt of this email. Thank you.
Records Access Officer
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

IMPORTANT: This e-mail message and any attachments contain information intended for the exclusive use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. Please immediately notify the sender by electronic mail or notify the System Administrator by telephone (518)292-5180 or e-mail (administrator@esd.ny.gov) and delete the message. Thank you.

The password for the Dropbox link provided in an earlier email is: nZ$F=WVh%K2B31-5

Note that the last character is "5"- please make sure there is no space added at the end if you copy/paste the password.

IMPORTANT: This e-mail message and any attachments contain information intended for the exclusive use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. Please immediately notify the sender by electronic mail or notify the System Administrator by telephone (518)292-5180 or e-mail (administrator@esd.ny.gov) and delete the message. Thank you.