QNS emails (Queens Borough President's Office)

Sam Mellins filed this request with the Queens Borough President's Office of New York City, NY.
Multi Request QNS emails
Due Oct. 31, 2022
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

Communications

From: Sam Mellins

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Emails sent or received since August 1, 2022, containing the phrases "Julie Won" or "Innovation QNS"

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,

Sam Mellins

From: Queens Borough President's Office

Good afternoon,

The Queens Borough President’s Office is in receipt of your FOIL request dated October 25, 2022. Our office is in the process of determining whether there are responsive records and will contact you within twenty business days.

Tariqua J. Morrison, Esq. I Deputy General Counsel
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards | 120-55 Queens Boulevard | Kew Gardens, NY 11424

From: Queens Borough President's Office

Good morning,

Our office requires an additional twenty business days to process your request.

Best regards,

Tariqua J. Morrison, Esq. I Deputy General Counsel & Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards | 120-55 Queens Boulevard | Kew Gardens, NY 11424

From: Sam Mellins

This is an appeal of the above request. The Queens Borough President has constructively denied my request by failing to produce the records within its specified time frame and not providing a new deadline. This is unreasonable, given the narrow scope of the request.

Because of this appeal, QBP is required by law to provide specific reasons within 10 business days explaining why this request cannot be filled, or else, must provide the records sought.

According to the Committee on Open Government, if a government entity acknowledges that a request has been received, but has failed to grant access by the specific date given beyond twenty business days, or if the specific date given is unreasonable, a request may be considered to have been constructively denied (see §89[4][a]). In such a circumstance, the denial may be appealed in accordance with §89(4)(a), which states in relevant part that:

“...any person denied access to a record may within thirty days appeal in writing such denial to the head, chief executive or governing body of the entity, or the person therefore designated by such head, chief executive, or governing body, who shall within ten business days of the receipt of such appeal fully explain in writing to the person requesting the record the reasons for further denial, or provide access to the record sought.”

I, on behalf of New York Focus, am requesting either you fill this FOIL request, or else provide a full explanation as to the reason for the denial, as required by law, of this public record.

Sincerely,
Sam Mellins
Senior Reporter, New York Focus

From: Queens Borough President's Office

Mr. Mellins,

I serve as FOIL Appeals Officer for the Office of the Queens Borough President and am in receipt of your e-mail below.

We are currently in the process of fulfilling your request, and I want to be clear that your request has not been denied. While you characterized the scope of your request as narrow, I understand that the terms you provided produced approximately 5,500 potentially responsive e-mails. While I expect that the vast majority of those e-mails will in fact not be responsive, they still require manual review, which can be a time-consuming process.

As of now, our best estimate for when your request will be fulfilled is by February 24, 2022; we will contact you before that date if our office needs additional time to process your request. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best regards,
Allan

Allan Swisher | General Counsel & Senior Policy Advisor
T 1.718.286.2881 E aswisher@queensbp.org<mailto:aswisher@queensbp.org> W www.queensbp.org<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.queensbp.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7CQN08%40cb.nyc.gov%7Cc21af751a1604a8faff108da6bffad31%7C32f56fc75f814e22a95b15da66513bef%7C0%7C0%7C637941043231239659%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hJfauypStXGGOIhDT1j7Bn5lOU0ufjMyw9%2FBJkOVNmQ%3D&reserved=0>
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. | 120-55 Queens Boulevard | Kew Gardens, NY 11424

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