Initiative: FOIL

June 2025

Listening to FOIL 2025 Report: Lessons from Five NYS Agencies In the 2025 “Listening to FOIL” report, we used government agency logs of FOIL requests to assess how well FOIL is working. Read more June 2025

Press ReleaseReport

Watchdog Report Shows Urgent Need for Legislation to Rescue Floundering FOIL Read more June 2025

Report

Listening to FOIL 2025 Report: Lessons from Five NYS Agencies Read more May 2025

Statement

Groups Urge Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins to Move FOIL Reporting Bill Read more May 2025

Statement

Three Must-Pass Transparency Bills Read more April 2025

NYC Government Flouting Freedom of Information Law New Report Shows FOIL Requests and Delays Skyrocketing: NYC Gets Roughly 170,000 FOIL Requests a Year; 16% of FOIL Requests Still Open After a Year Read more April 2025

Report

Report: New York City Government Flouting Freedom of Information Law Read more March 2025

Letter

18 Groups Urge Legislature to Pass Priority FOIL Reform Bills for Sunshine Week Read more February 2025

Memo of Support

Watchdog Supports Bill Clarifying How Gov’t Records Are Redacted Before Disclosure Read more January 2025

Statement

Groups Urge Legislature to Pass Four Common-Sense Repairs to New York’s Broken Freedom of Information Process Read more January 2025

Statement

Some Good Ideas, but State of the State Disappoints on Transparency, Clean Gov’t Read more December 2024

Letter

Fifteen Groups Urge Governor to Use Her Budget to Strengthen FOIL Read more