Ten open government groups, including the National Freedom of Information Coalition, signed a Sept. 7, 2021, letter urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to publish COVID-19 data.
“Publishing COVID data in a tabular, downloadable, machine-readable format would help restore trust in state government and help researchers, journalists and the public to better understand the dire pandemic that has cost us loved ones and continues to upend everyday life,” reads the letter, authored by Reinvent Albany, an NFOIC member.
“We emphasize that this public health data is owned and paid for by the public and should be published as a matter of course,” the letter states.