Communications with a Party Chair
| Submitted | Nov. 13, 2019 |
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Communications
From: T. McElwee
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
The most recent 100 pages of email and print letter messages exchanged between relevant policymakers of the Board of Elections and VITO J. LOPEZ, the late Chair of the Kings County (Brooklyn) Democratic Party.
Lopez is known to be deceased as of calendar year 2015 (see attached obituary). There are no personal privacy concerns with regard to Lopez that require redaction.
The scope of dates for the records to be considered spans the entirety of the calendar years 2002 to 2015.
The relevant policymakers of the Board of Elections are as follows:
Executive Director;
Deputy Executive Director;
Administrative Manager;
Operations Manager;
General Counsel;
Deputy General Counsel;
Chief Clerk, Kings County;
and Deputy Chief Clerk, Kings County.
When searching email correspondence, please apply the following search queries:
Vito Lopez
Vito J. Lopez
VITOLOPEZ@YAHOO.COM
VITO.LOPEZ@NYCHHC.ORG
LOPEZV@assembly.state.ny.us
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,
T. McElwee
From: New York City Board of Elections
Your request has been emailed to the Board of Elections (BOE) because that agency is not yet using
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Request Title: Communications with a Party Chair
Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
The most recent 100 pages of email and print letter messages exchanged between relevant policymakers of the Board of Elections and VITO J. LOPEZ, the late Chair of the Kings County (Brooklyn) Democratic Party.
Lopez is known to be deceased as of calendar year 2015 (see attached obituary). There are no personal privacy concerns with regard to Lopez that require redaction.
The scope of dates for the records to be considered spans the entirety of the calendar years 2002 to 2015.
The relevant policymakers of the Board of Elections are as follows:
Executive Director;
Deputy Executive Director;
Administrative Manager;
Operations Manager;
General Counsel;
Deputy General Counsel;
Chief Clerk, Kings County;
and Deputy Chief Clerk, Kings County.
When searching email correspondence, please apply the following search queries:
Vito Lopez
Vito J. Lopez
VITOLOPEZ@YAHOO.COM
VITO.LOPEZ@NYCHHC.ORG
LOPEZV@assembly.state.ny.us
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,
T. McElwee
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Requester's Contact Information
Name:
T. Mcelwee
Title:
Not provided
Organization:
Not provided
Email:
requests@muckrock.com (mailto:requests@muckrock.com)
Phone Number:
(617) 299-1832
Fax Number:
Not provided
Street Address (line 1):
MuckRock News DEPT MR 83202 411A Highland Ave
Street Address (line 2):
Not provided
City:
Somerville
State:
MA
Zip Code:
02144
Please contact the Board of Elections (BOE) via email at FOIL@boe.nyc
for any further information. (mailto:FOIL@boe.nyc)
From:
Dear Mr. Mcelwee:
Please see the attached.
Thank you,
John
John Sfera
Support Staff
OFFICE of the GENERAL COUNSEL
TEL: 212-487-5317
FAX: 212-487-5342
JSfera@boe.nyc<mailto:JSfera@boe.nyc>
BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
32 BROADWAY, 7th FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004
<http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/>
113: This message is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this message and any attachments and notify me immediately by replying to this message. Thank you.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 13, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Jan. 19, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: New York City Board of Elections
Dear Mr. Mcelwee:
In response to your request dated November 13, 2019 for “the most recent 100 pages of email” between 2002 and 2015.
Please be advised the Board does not store pages or in batches of emails, print letter messages.
The Board needs to clarify your request.
Thank you,
John
John Sfera
Support Staff
OFFICE of the GENERAL COUNSEL
TEL: 212-487-5317
FAX: 212-487-5342
JSfera@boe.nyc<mailto:JSfera@boe.nyc>
BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
32 BROADWAY, 7th FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004
<http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/>
113: This message is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this message and any attachments and notify me immediately by replying to this message. Thank you.
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