Cubilette-Polanco Records (Department of Corrections and Community Supervision)

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all records, videos, text messages, emails, written notes, or other documents related to the arrest, detention, solitary confinement and/or death of Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, a transgender woman who was arrested in New York in April 2019 and sent to New York's Rikers Island jail, where she died in June of this year.

You can read more about her case here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/us/transgender-woman-dies-rikers-island/index.html

I am a reporter for The Nation magazine.

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,

Jimmy Tobias