Monkeypox and wastewater email correspondence

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Request Title: Monkeypox and wastewater email correspondence

Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

All email correspondence sent to, from or copied to any New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene employee from January 1, 2020 to the date this request is ultimately fulfilled including the following non-case-sensitive-key-strings: “monkeypox” AND “wastewater”.

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,

Dillon Bergin

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FOIL Control #: 2022FR02384

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Law request. It has been assigned the above-noted control number and has been processing. You should receive a response within twenty(20) business days. Please note that as of January 1, 2019, the Department charges the statutorily allowable fee of 25¢ per page for FOIL responses of records maintained in hard copy format only. Y

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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Dear Dillon Bergin:

A search for records potentially responsive to your Freedom of Information Law request with the above-referenced control number resulted in over 76 GBs of data. According to industry standards, 1 GB could contain anywhere from 15,000 to 677,000 files. Could you please amend your search to return a reasonable number of records?

Many thanks,
Bernadette O'Donnell
Records Access Officer

Hi Dillon,

I apologize for the delay. I am writing to let you know that it appears that your amended request has returned a reasonable number of hits. Reupping the language from your amended request here:

“I'd like to modify my original request to "All email correspondence sent to, from or copied to any New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene employee, pelardo@dep.nyc.gov<mailto:pelardo@dep.nyc.gov> and/or JoHoffman@dep.nyc.gov<mailto:JoHoffman@dep.nyc.gov> from January 1, 2020 to the date this request is ultimately fulfilled including the following non-case-sensitive-key-strings: “monkeypox” AND “wastewater”."

Based on a backlog of requests that the agency is working through and the nature of your request, additional time is needed to respond to your request.

I anticipate that you will receive a response to this request by May 19, 2023.
Thanks,
Bernadette

Dear Dillon Bergin:

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene grants your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request with the above-referenced control number. Records responsive to your request are attached. The redacted portions of these records fall under FOIL's inter/intra agency exemption. FOIL §87(2)(g).

Should you wish to contest this determination, you may submit a written appeal within 30 days of this message to:
Harminderpal Rana, Esq.
Appeals Officer & Associate General Counsel
Email: recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov<mailto:recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov>

The notice of appeal should include the request control number, the date of this denial message, a description of the records that were the subject of the request, the specific legal grounds for your appeal, and the full name and email address of the original requester.

Sincerely,

Bernadette O'Donnell
Records Access Officer / Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - City of New York
42-09 28th St., Long Island City, NY 11101
Email: bodonnell1@health.nyc.gov<mailto:bodonnell1@health.nyc.gov> | nyc.gov/health<https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/index.page>

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