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Tully Center for Free Speech (A member of NFOIC)

Newhouse School, Syracuse University
215 University Place, Newhouse II Room 381
Syracuse, NY 13244-2100
Contact: Barbara Croll Fought, Associate Professor
Phone (315) 443-4054
http://newhouse.syr.edu/
E-mail bcfought@syr.edu

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law NY Pub. Off. Law sec. 103 et seq.
Closed: Litigation strategy discussions; collective bargaining; certain real estate transactions; certain personnel matters; and matters which would imperil public safety or law enforcement or disclose identity of informant. Open Meetings Law Advisory Opinion Index

Open Records Law NY Pub. Off. Law sec. 84 et seq.
Exempt: Disclosures resulting in unwarranted invasion of privacy or business/competition enterprises; names of sex crime victims; and some law enforcement records and inter/intra-agency materials.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

CONTACTS

  • The New York Bar Association
  • One Elk St.
  • Albany, NY 12207
  • Phone (518) 463-3200
  • Fax (518) 487-5517
  • http://www.nysba.org/

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FORM LETTERS

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PUBLICATIONS

Legal Handbook for New York State Journalists
The New York State Bar Association first published the Legal Handbook for New York State Journalists in 1986. The book has been widely praised by both journalists and lawyers for its straight-forward, easy-to-understand treatment of legal topics. It is designed specifically for the use of busy New York state journalists, but it has also been adopted as a class text for newswriting, reporting, and editing classes in New York state colleges and universities. Read it here.

Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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