Subject matter listing (Poughkeepsie City School District)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York State Freedom of Information Law (1977 N.Y. Laws ch. 933), I hereby request the following records:

A copy of the current list by subject matter, of all records in the possession of the agency.

Per NEW YORK PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 6, Section 87(3):

"Each agency shall maintain:

[....]

(c) a reasonably detailed current list by subject matter, of all records in the possession of the agency, whether or not available under this article. Each agency shall update its subject matter list annually, and the date of the most recent update shall be conspicuously indicated on the list."

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Benjamin Lesser

Dr. Cook -

Apologies for the delay in responding. Respectfully, this request is sufficiently detailed for your agency to proceed with fulfilling it.

Again, this FOIL request seeks: "A copy of the current list by subject matter, of all records in the possession of the agency." Per NEW YORK PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 6, Section 87(3), each public agency within the state of New York is required to maintain such a listing.

Please advise whether your agency will proceed with processing this request as required by the FOIL.

Thank you.

Dr. Cook -

A voicemail was just left with your receptionist. Please give a call if you are unable to determine the subject of these requests despite the previous clarifications.

Thank you.

Dr. Cook -

Please advise as to the best way forward with these requests, as you did not return the call from yesterday. Again, the subject matter for each request ought to be clear for each, but please indicate areas where additional details might be provided.

Thank you.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 12, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Hello,

Please advise as to the status of this fourth FOIL request, which was not included in the attached memo.

Thank you.

Dr. Cook -

We just gave a call and did not receive any response or get through to a voicemail. Again, this is a request for the subject matter listing that is required to be kept by every government agency per the cited provision in the New York Freedom of Information Law, PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 6, §87.

This statute can be found online in full here: http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html

Please advise as to the portion of this request that is unclear?

Thank you.

Yes, your response to the other three FOIL requests was received. A check is on its way.

Thank you.

Dr. Cook -

Please confirm whether this FOIL request for the subject matter listing for the Poughkeepsie City School District remains in process.

Thank you.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 12, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 12, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Hello,

We received the documents responding to the request for the district's FOIL log.

As noted below and previously explained to Superintendent Cook, this is an entirely separate request for: "A copy of the current list by subject matter, of all records in the possession of the agency."

The particular provision of the FOIL statute that requires each agency to maintain this particular list is copied below for your convenience:

Per NEW YORK PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, ARTICLE 6, Section 87(3):

"Each agency shall maintain:

[....]

(c) a reasonably detailed current list by subject matter, of all records in the possession of the agency, whether or not available under this article. Each agency shall update its subject matter list annually, and the date of the most recent update shall be conspicuously indicated on the list."

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 12, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Dr. Cook -

Thank you for speaking with me just now.

Please confirm that the Poughkeepsie City School District does not have the document requested, namely "a reasonably detailed current list by subject matter, of all records in the possession of the agency," as described in the FOIL statute provision cited below.

Thank you.

Hello,

Thank you for sending this. Please clarify whether there would be any fee if the list were sent by email?

Thank you.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 12, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.