Bill de Blasio Last 200 Pages of Emails

Taylor Amarel filed this request with the Office of the Mayor of New York City, NY.

It is a clone of this request.

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FOIL-2019-002-00549

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Rejected

Communications

From: Taylor Amarel


To Whom It May Concern:

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

I would like to obtain the last 200 pages of emails sent to, from, or copied to Mayor Bill de Blasio that contain at least one of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings:

"Lichtenstein"

You may start with the most recent email (as of the time you receive this request). Convert this email to PDF and then proceed to the immediately prior email until 200 pages of emails have been produced.

I request that you ignore spam, junk mail, or newsletters.

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,

Taylor Amarel

From: Office of the Mayor

Your request FOIL-2019-002-00549 has been successfully submitted to the Mayor's Office (OOM). The details of your request are shown below.

Request Title: Bill de Blasio Last 200 Pages of Emails

Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:I would like to obtain the last 200 pages of emails sent to, from, or copied to Mayor Bill de Blasio that contain at least one of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings:"Lichtenstein"You may start with the most recent email (as of the time you receive this request). Convert this email to PDF and then proceed to the immediately prior email until 200 pages of emails have been produced.I request that you ignore spam, junk mail, or newsletters.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,Taylor Amarel


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You can view the request and take any necessary action at the following webpage: https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2019-002-00549. (https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2019-002-00549)

From: Office of the Mayor

The Mayor's Office (OOM) has denied your FOIL request FOIL-2019-002-00549 for the following reasons: (https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2019-002-00549)

Public Officers Law §89(3)(a) requires that a request “reasonably” describe the records sought. It is the requester's responsibility to frame requests with sufficient particularity to enable the searching agency to determine precisely what records are being requested.
The office cannot determine precisely what records you seek as no guidelines exist to define a “page” of email, e.g., whether page lengths of emails also include their attachments, or whether they include email headers, etc. Further, because emails are not maintained sequentially by page, it is impossible to precisely determine the two hundred sequentially ordered pages sought by your request. As such, your request is denied pursuant to Public Officers Law §89(3)(a).

Please visit FOIL-2019-002-00549 to view additional information and take any necessary action. (https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2019-002-00549)
Request Information:
Request Title: Bill de Blasio Last 200 Pages of Emails
Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:I would like to obtain the last 200 pages of emails sent to, from, or copied to Mayor Bill de Blasio that contain at least one of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings:"Lichtenstein"You may start with the most recent email (as of the time you receive this request). Convert this email to PDF and then proceed to the immediately prior email until 200 pages of emails have been produced.I request that you ignore spam, junk mail, or newsletters.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,Taylor Amarel

From: Taylor Amarel

To Whom This May Concern,

I wish to appeal this, it seams that there is significant prejudice being given to request for records now that Bill de Blasio is running for president.

For reference, a nearly identical, and less precisely described request was accepted, processed, and granted by the Mayor's Office previously years ago.

If it is of any help, I would be willing to change the request to the following:

I would like to obtain the all emails sent to, from, or copied to Mayor Bill de Blasio that contain at least one of the following non-case-sensitive key-strings: "Lichtenstein" from January 1, 2016 to June 1, 2016.

From: Office of the Mayor

Dear Taylor Amarel,

Please find attached a decision in response to your FOIL appeal.

Sincerely,

Dustin M. Saldarriaga
Records Appeals Officer | Office of the Mayor
(212) 346-5773 | dsaldarriaga@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:dsaldarriaga@cityhall.nyc.gov>

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