Donna DeCarolis's E-mails Containing the Word 'Natural Gas' (Empire State Development)

Dear Greta Moran:
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>

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.

Please see our email highlighted in yellow below and sent to you on 7/20/2022.

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

Dear Greta Moran:

Please be advised that ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL requests 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 15, 2022.

Thank you.

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

Dear Greta Moran,

Please refer to ESD's email below sent to you on 8/17/2022 for anticipated response date.

Thank you.

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

Dear Greta Moran:

Please be advised that ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL requests 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 14, 2022.

Thank you.

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

Dear Greta Moran,

Please refer to ESD's email below sent to you on 9/15/2022 for anticipated response date.

Thank you.
Records Access Office
FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

Dear Greta Moran,

Please see highlighted information in our email to you on Sept. 15th regarding the status of our response.

Thank you.

Records Access Office

FOIL@esd.ny.gov<mailto:FOIL@esd.ny.gov>

On Sept. 15, 2022:
Subject: FW: (#22-07-005 Moran) FOIL Request - Status Update
Dear Greta Moran:

Please be advised that ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL requests 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 14, 2022.

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 Greta Moran:

Please be advised that ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL requests 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 14, 2022.

Thank you.

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

Dear Greta Moran:

Please be advised that ESD continues to review documents related to the attached FOIL requests 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 13, 2022.

Thank you.

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

Greta Moran:

This email responds to your July 13, 2022 request for the following:

I would like to request e-mail correspondences, spanning from July 2019 to present, between Donna DeCarolis (decarolisd@natfuel.com<mailto:decarolisd@natfuel.com>) and members of the New York state government containing the phrase, "natural gas."

To the extent your request is reasonably described, records responsive to your FOIL request have been uploaded for secure file transfer at
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fvt8tydkqp35t8m34n7pa/h?dl=0&rlkey=6tpg3ovqh7bj0adu343xjxllf
and will remain available for 30 days before deletion. A password will be sent to you by separate email.

Pursuant to Public Officers Law 87(2)(g), ESD has withheld records from disclosure as they are "inter-agency or intra-agency materials which are not (i) statistical or factual tabulations or data; (ii) instructions to staff that affect the public; (iii) final agency policy or determination; (iv) external audits, including but not limited to audits performed by the comptroller and the federal government.

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: PybArQ3eX_j8gV^C

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

Regards,

Records Access Officer

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.