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J .a s o n B o w n s
P O
B ox
6 7 0 ,6 2 6
F lu s h in g ,N Y
1 1 3 6 7
M ay
1 8 ,2 0 0 9
Robert 1.Freem an, Exec. Director
C o m m itte e
on O pen G overnm ent
N Y S
D epartm ent
o f S ta te
O ne C om m erce
P la z a
9 9 W a s h in g to n
A venue
A lb a n y , N Y
1 2 2 3t
D earM r. F reem an:
R e c e n tly ,
Isent a F O IL
request to the Records
A ccess O fficer
at The City U niversity
.o f N e w
Y o rk ("C U N Y ")
School of Law
at Q ueens
College, noting that m y request w as m ade "pursuant
to N Y
P u b .O ff. L a w
Sec. 84 et seq., also know n
as The Freedom
o f In fo rm a tio n
L a W ." l
I also
e x p re s s ly
re q u e s te d
c e rtific a tio n
of these records "pursuant
to N Y
P u b . O ff.L a w tie c . 8 9 (3 )( a ).,,2
I nhis response,
G re g o ry
Koster, who serves at the Records Access Officer
at C U N Y
School of
L a w , s ta te d th a t w h ile th e L a w
School had successfully
lo c a te d
some of the records which
I had
re q u e s te d
under FO IL, that "[pjursuam
to th e s c h o o l's
ru le s re g a rd in g
h o ld s o n re c o rd s (S tu d e n t
H andbook.
p g ,39),3 the school cannot furnish
c o p ie s o f th e d o c u m e n ts
w h ic h
respond. to your
th ird . F O IL
request letter described
a b o v e u n til y o u h a v e re s o lv e d
tw o re c o rd s h o ld s .? "
M r.
K o s te r a ls o c la im e d
th a t " S e c tio n
8 9 (3 )(a ) d o e s n o t p ro v id e
fo r fu rn ish in g
c e rtifie d
c o p ie s .t"
A t th is tim e, I am
re q u e s tin g
to k n o w
if th e re a re a n y e x is tin g
a d v is o ry
o p in io n s
fro m
y o u r o ffic e
w h ic h
m ight address
these tw o issues:1 ) w hether
a s c h o o l's
rules for student records holds can
preem pt FO IL, and 2) w hether
o r n o t S e c tio n
8 9 (3 )(a ) o f F O IL
p ro v id e s
fo r fu rn ish in g
c e rtifie d
copies of records.
If there are no existing
a d v is o ry
o p in io n s
w h ic h
a d d re s s
these tw o issues, then
I also request advisory
o p in io n s
forth e s e , tw o issues from
th e C o m m itte e
on O pen G overnm ent.
Your assistance
a n d g u id a n c e
is greatly
a p p re c ia te d .
S h o u ld
y o u w is h to c o n ta c t m e fo r a n y
re a s o n
b y te le p h o n e ,
I m ay be reached
at (347) 369-3916
0 1 'v ia e m a ila tja b 2 3 9 @ n y u .e d u .
1s e e a tta c h e d
F O IL r e q u e s t
d a te d
F e b ru a ry
26, 2009,
a d d re s s e d
to
th e
R e c o rd s
A c c e s s O ffi.c e r .
2
T h is r e q u e s t
w as
m ade
in re fe re n c e
t oS e c tio n
8 9 (3 )(a .), w h ic h
e x p r e s s ly
s ta te s
th a t
" ...th e
e n tity
s h a ll p r o v id e
a t
c o p y
of such
re c o rd
a nd
c e r tify
to
th e
c o rre c tn e s s
of such
c o p y
if s o r e q u e s te d ,
o r a s th e
case m ay
b e , s h a ll c e r tify
th a t
,itd o e s
no t
h a v e
p o s s e s s io n
of such
re c o rd
o r th a t
s u c h
re c o rd
c a n n o t
b efo u n d
a fte r
d ilig e n t
s e a rc h ."
3S eea tta c h e d
c · o p y o f S tu d e n t
H a n d b o o k ,
p a g e
3 9 , w h ic h
M r.
K o s te r
b e lie v e s
to
p re e m p t
N ew
Y o rk
S ta te 's
fO IL
4S eea tta c h e d
le tte r
fro m
G re g .o ry
K o s te r
d a te d
M a rc h
9, 2009
on page
2 ,p a ra g ra p h
3 .
5S eea tta c h e d
le tte r
fro m
G re g o ry
K o s te r
d a te d
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5 .
J a s o n
B ow ns
P O
B ox
6 7 0 6 2 6
F lu s h in g , N Y
1 1 3 6 7
F e b ru a ry
26, 2009
R ecords
A ccess
O fficer
C U N Y
School of Law
6 5 -2 1 M a in
S tre e t
F lu s h in g ,N Y
1 1 3 6 7
D ear R ecords A ccess
O fficer:
P le a s e n o te th a t th is is a re q u e s tp u rs u a n t to N Y
P u b . O ff.L aw
Sec 84 et seq., also know n
a sT he
F re e d o m
o fIn fo rm atio n
L aw
(U F O IL 'l
I hereby
re q u e s t a c e rtifie d
copy of the record(s)
c o n ta in in g
th e c o n tra c tu a l
agreem ent
to p ro v id e
s e rv ic e s to s tu d e n ts
at C U N Y
L aw
Schoola t Q ueens
C o lle g e w h ic h
'e x is te d b e tw e e n
D eborah
A costa
and C U N Y
L aw
S c h o o l a t Q u e e n s C o lle g e
in the tim e period
e x is tin g
b e tw e e n
J u ly
I ,
2005 and June 30, 2007.
C ertificatio n
is requested
p u rs u a n t
t oN Y
P u b . O ff. L a w
Sec. 89(3) (a).
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D e p tt o f S ta te
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