Sue Barlach Dershowitz (Office Of The Chief Medical Examiner, New York)

Your request FOIL-2019-816-01028 has been successfully submitted to the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).
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Request Title: Sue Barlach Dershowitz (Office Of The Chief Medical Examiner, New York)

Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all records pertaining to the death of Sue Barlach (married name Dershowitz).
On New Year’s Eve, 1983, she drowned in the East River, in an apparent suicide.
DOB: May 22, 1940. Originally from 471 Boulevard, Bayonne, New Jersey.

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,

Louise Boyle

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Louise Boyle

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02144

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The NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has denied your FOIL request FOIL-2019-816-01028 for the following reasons: (https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2019-816-01028)
Hello:

In response to your Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request, received on October 24, 2019 as follows:

"Any and all records pertaining to the death of Sue Barlach (married name Dershowitz). On New Year’s Eve, 1983, she drowned in the East River, in an apparent suicide. Date of death: June 12, 1987."

Please be advised that the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (“OCME”) does not release decedent records/autopsy reports pursuant to FOIL.

If you are a family member you may submit a Letter of Request to our Records Department. The Letter of Request should include: (1) your name, (2) your familial relationship to the decedent, (3) the decedent’s name, (4) the decedent’s ME Case Number, (5) a return address, and (5) your signature. There is no online form and we do not accept requests via email or fax.

If you are a non family member in order to receive a copy of these records from a medical examiner case file, you may submit the records request with an original, notarized authorization from decedent’s next-of-kin that such records may be released to you (next-of-kin are spouse/domestic partner, and blood relatives 1st cousin or closer). The authorization must also contain the authorizer’s relationship to the decedent; if the authorizer’s relationship to the decedent is legal (e.g., Executor, Administrator, Power of Attorney) rather than familial, a copy of the documentation establishing that relationship (e.g., Letters Testamentary, Letters of Administration, Power of Attorney + Letters of Administration/Testamentary) must accompany the authorization.


The written request for decedent records, along with the requisite authorization (and other documents, as applicable), should be submitted by mail to:

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Attention: Records Department
421 East 26th Street
New York, New York 10016


If you wish to appeal this decision, you may do so within thirty (30) days of its receipt. You may appeal to: Leslie C. Kamelhar, Esq., FOIL Appeals Officer, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 421 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10016.


Holly Serrette
Records Access Officer

Please visit FOIL-2019-816-01028 to view additional information and take any necessary action. (https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2019-816-01028)
Request Information:
Request Title: Sue Barlach Dershowitz (Office Of The Chief Medical Examiner, New York)
Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any and all records pertaining to the death of Sue Barlach (married name Dershowitz).
On New Year’s Eve, 1983, she drowned in the East River, in an apparent suicide.
DOB: May 22, 1940. Originally from 471 Boulevard, Bayonne, New Jersey.

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,

Louise Boyle

Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/