Port Authority Bus Terminal Entry/Exit (The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Any policies, procedures, protocols, memos, directives, and/or guidelines concerning the use of barrier devices (e.g. gates, chains, ropes, fencing, or similar) within the Port Authority Bus Terminal and/or the 42nd Street Subway station complex.
Any policies, procedures, protocols, memos, directives, and/or guidelines concerning limiting access between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and its points of entry (e.g. the use of door locks or barrier devices), including at the street-level and at the Subway-level.
Any policies, procedures, protocols, memos, directives, guidelines, schedules, maintenance records, and/or work orders concerning the maintenance of doors between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and its points of entry, including street-level doors and Subway-level doors.
Within the last 5 years: Any invoices, contracts, statements of work and/or reports concerning the installation, maintenance, repair, and/or replacement of doors between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and its points of entry, including street-level doors and Subway-level doors.

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,

Jacob Henner

Hello,

I am amending request 202213044 in response to your letter dated December 19, 2022. The list of requested documents has been revised to:

- Any policies, procedures, protocols, memos, directives, and/or guidelines distributed within the last five years concerning the use of barrier devices (e.g. gates, chains, ropes, fencing, or similar) within the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
- Any policies, procedures, protocols, memos, directives, and/or guidelines distributed within the last five years concerning limiting access between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and its points of entry (e.g. the use of door locks or barrier devices).

The two sets of documents described above would have been distributed to Port Authority Police Department employees, and/or PABT operations and facilities employees. This should help narrow the scope of your search.

- Any policies, procedures, maintenance records, and work orders distributed within the last five years concerning the maintenance of doors between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and its points of entry, including street-level doors and Subway-level doors.

The set of documents described above would have been distributed to staff responsible for facilities maintenance at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. This should help narrow the scope of your search.

- Any invoices, contracts, statements of work and/or reports distributed within the last five years concerning the installation, maintenance, repair, and/or replacement of doors between the Port Authority Bus Terminal and its points of entry, including street-level doors and Subway-level doors.

The set of documents described above would have been distributed to Port Authority administrative staff, including staff responsible for handling relationships with vendors. This should help narrow the scope of your search.

If you are unable to provide a response including all four sets of documents without further clarification I ask that you provide an interim response containing any sets of documents that do not require further clarification.

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Jacob Henner