Freedom of Information Law
The Freedom of Information Law, commonly known as “FOIL” (Public Officers Law, Article 6, Sections 84-90) is a New York State’s statute...
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The Freedom of Information Law, commonly known as “FOIL” (Public Officers Law, Article 6, Sections 84-90) is a New York State’s statute regarding public access to government records with certain exceptions. As set forth in the Legislative declaration to the law.
Public Officers Law § 84
“Record” means any information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with, or for this agency, in any physical form whatsoever including, but not limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda, opinions, folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms, papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms, computer tapes or disks, rules, regulations or codes.
The fee for copies of records shall be twenty-five cents per photocopy and not in excess of nine inches by fourteen inches, or the actual cost of reproducing any other record. Should the district be charged for scanning documents, then the district shall pass on the actual cost.Less…