COVID vaccines (Department of Corrections and Community Supervision)
| Tracking # |
DOCCS-21-01-188 |
| Multi Request | COVID vaccines |
| Submitted | Jan. 22, 2021 |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
* Files, including letters, memos and emails, describing or discussing policies, guidance and procedures for providing COVID-19 vaccines to prisoners/inmates and/or staff.
* Files mentioning or describing the number of vaccines given to prisoners/inmates and/or staff.
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
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,
Emma North-Best
From: Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Attached please find correspondence from Department of Corrections and Community Supervision regarding your FOIL Request DOCCS-21-01-188.
If you have any questions regarding your FOIL request, please contact the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Records Access Office at the
address below:
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Records Access Office
1220 Washington Ave
Building 2
Albany, NY 12226-2050
From: Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Good morning-
Please see the attached response and records responsive to your FOIL request.
Thank you,
Nadene
Nadene Shultis
Assistant Records Access Officer
Counsel's Office/FOIL Unit
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
The Harriman State Campus, 1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12226-2050
http://www.doccs.ny.gov/
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