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november 4, 2013
8ecords Access Cfflcer
n?S LducaLlon ueparLmenL
89 WashlngLon Avenue
8oom 121 L8
Albany, n? 12234

8e: lreedom of lnformaLlon Law 8equesL for 8ecords
uear n?SLu 8ecords Access Cfflcer:
under Lhe provlslons of Lhe new ?ork lreedom of lnformaLlon Law, ArLlcle 6 of Lhe ubllc
Cfflcers Law, we hereby requesL a copy of Lhe followlng records or porLlons Lhereof perLalnlng
Lo Lhe unlverslLy of Lhe SLaLe of new ?ork 8egenLs 8esearch lund (uSn? 88l) admlnlsLered by
Lhe new ?ork SLaLe LducaLlon ueparLmenL (n?SLu):
o Copy of orlglnal l8S documenLaLlon deslgnaLlng uSn? 88l legal corporaLe sLaLus (eg. 1ax
exempL 3013 sLaLus deLermlnaLlon leLLer, eLc.) and corporaLe flllng compllance
requlremenLs
o Copy of orlglnal documenLaLlon deslgnaLlng uSn? 88l legal corporaLe sLaLus (eg. 1ax
exempL 3013 sLaLus deLermlnaLlon leLLer, eLc.) and corporaLe flllng compllance
requlremenLs, or exempLlon Lherefrom, from Lhe n?S ALLorney Ceneral or oLher n?S
CharlLles 8eglsLraLlon enLlLy (eg prevlously handled by Lhe n?S ueparLmenL of SLaLe eLc.)
o Coples of recenL l8S lorm 990s flled wlLh l8S for 2009-2012 (lncluslve)
o Coples of lndependenL audlLs supporLlng Lhe l8S lorm 990s flled for Lhe same years
o Coples of agendas and mlnuLes from uSn? 88l CorporaLe/8oard of ulrecLors annual
meeLlngs for each of Lhe same years
o Coples of Annual 8eporLs flled wlLh Lhe l8S or Lhe n?S ALLorney Ceneral's offlce for Lhe
same years
o Copy or coples of llsLs or dlrecLorles of all uSn? 88l employees/consulLanLs for each year
beglnnlng ln 2009 Lo Lhe presenL lncludlng currenL salarles
o Copy of uSn? 88l organlzaLlon charL
o Copy of any correspondence, conLracLs or oLher legal lnsLrumenLs (Memoranda of
undersLandlng, or AgreemenL eLc) esLabllshlng legal/conLracLual basls for relaLlonshlp
beLween uSn? 88l and n?SLu
o Coples of all employmenL appllcaLlons for all uSn? 88l employees/consulLanLs from
2009 Lo Lhe presenL
o Coples of 8esumes for all uSn? 88l employees/consulLanLs from 2009 Lo Lhe presenL

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o Coples of employmenL conLracLs for all uSn? 88l employees/consulLanLs from 2009 Lo
Lhe presenL
o Coples of duLy/[ob/poslLlon descrlpLlons and posLed adverLlsemenLs for each of Lhe
employee/consulLanL poslLlons (eg. Senlor lellow for xxx" eLc.) lncludlng poslLlon
requlremenLs (mln. credenLlallng and experlence requlremenLs for each poslLlon eLc.)
adverLlsed for and hlred from 2009 Lo Lhe presenL
o Coples of any LLhlcs Lralnlng agendas/slgn-ln sheeLs provlded for uSn? 88l 8oard of
ulrecLors and employees/consulLanLs from 2009 Lo Lhe presenL
o Coples of Code of LLhlcs requlremenLs for uSn? 88l 8oard of ulrecLors and for
employees/consulLanLs
o Coples of acknowledgmenLs wlLh slgnaLures from uSn? 88l members of Lhe 8oard of
ulrecLors and employees/consulLanLs LhaL Lhey have read and comply wlLh any uSn? 88l
Code of LLhlcs/dlsclosure/non-colluslon requlremenLs from 2009 Lo Lhe presenL
o Coples of all granL award leLLers from uSn? 88l fundlng enLlLles
(foundaLlons/corporaLlons) and uSn? 88l acknowledgmenL of recelpL and compllance
wlLh all relaLed granL awards from 2003 Lo Lhe presenL
o Coples of any reporLs or correspondence senL Lo any uSn? 88l granL funders submlLLed
as a requlremenL for complylng wlLh Lhe Lerms of any granL awards recelved from 2003
Lo presenL
We undersLand Lhere ls a fee of $.23 per page for dupllcaLlon of paper records requesLed,
however, lf posslble, we prefer LhaL any documenLs be provlded ln an elecLronlc formaL such as
ul or MS Word wlLhouL a fee. lf Lhls ls noL posslble, however, and paper coples are Lhe only
avallable medlum, before maklng coples and charglng Lhe fee, we wlsh Lo schedule a Llme Lo
revlew Lhe requesLed documenLs prlor Lo securlng coples.
As you know, Lhe lreedom of lnformaLlon Law requlres LhaL n?SLu respond Lo a requesL wlLhln
flve buslness days of recelpL of a requesL. 1herefore, we would appreclaLe a response as soon as
posslble and look forward Lo hearlng from you shorLly.
lf for any reason any porLlon of our requesL ls denled, please lnform us of Lhe reasons for Lhe
denlal ln wrlLlng and provlde Lhe name and address of Lhe person or body Lo whom an appeal
should be dlrecLed.
Slncerely,



kevln 1. kroencke, Mlchael 1racy-lreland
Councll Leader, ulv 194 SLaLewlde Labor-MgmL Co-chalr
kkroencke[pef194.org mlreland[pef194.org
318.486. 318.473.0732