Pet Licenses from 2018 to 2020 for NYC

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Request Title: Pet Licenses from 2018 to 2020 for NYC

Request Description: To Whom It May Concern:

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

All the pet licensing data, including:

breed
pet name
pet age
owner name (if possible)
owner address (if possible)
owner zip code

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,

Gary Nealon


Requester's Contact Information



Name:
Gary Nealon

Title:
Not provided

Organization:
Not provided

Email:
requests@muckrock.com (mailto:requests@muckrock.com)

Phone Number:
Not provided

Fax Number:
Not provided

Street Address (line 1):
MuckRock News DEPT MR 87398

Street Address (line 2):
411A Highland Ave

City:
Somerville

State:
MA

Zip Code:
02144

Please contact the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via email at foil@health.nyc.gov
for any further information. (mailto:foil@health.nyc.gov)

FOIL Control #: 2020FR01116

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) acknowledges receipt of your Freedom of Information Law request. Since we didn't received your request on February 4, 2020, it has been assigned the above-noted control number and has been processing now as new request.
Due to the current COVID-19 emergency, DOHMH is focused on responding to the city's public health needs. Like other city agencies, all staff not essential to this response are working remotely. Under these conditions, it may not be physically possible to conduct the document collection and review required by the Freedom of Information Law at this time. If you have not heard back from us within 20 calendar days, please contact us for a status update, and we will try to provide you with an accurate estimate of how much additional time will be needed to respond to your request under the current circumstances.

Thank you,

FOIL Administration

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

347-396-6011 (ph.)

347-396-6087 (f)

recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov<mailto:recordsaccess@health.nyc.gov>

________________________________

Hi Mr. Nealon:

Program staff is working on your request. I anticipate we'll be able to get you a response by July 17.
Thanks,

Bernadette O'Donnell
Records Access Officer

Hi Mr. Nealon-

Our program staff is working on this, but I just wanted to clarify- are you looking for active pet licenses during this period, or newly issued licenses during this period?

Thank you, and I apologize for the delay.

Bernadette

Hi again Mr. Nealon:

I wanted to follow-up on my question below. Thanks very much.

Hi Mr. Nealon:

I wanted to give you one more opportunity to clarify your request. If I don't hear back from you by April 9, 2021, I will assume that you have withdrawn your request.

For reference, DOHMH's dog licensing dataset can be found here.

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Health/NYC-Dog-Licensing-Dataset/nu7n-tubp

Thank you,

Bernadette O'Donnell
Records Access Officer