NY Legislators Agree on FOIL Legal Fee Recovery
· Story link New York Lawmakers apprroved an expansion of the state’s Freedom of Information Law to allow people who…
New York Lawmakers apprroved an expansion of the state’s Freedom of Information Law to allow people who sue to obtain public records to recover attorney’s fees if a court finds their request was denied without cause or was wrongly delayed. The measure would give records custodians 20 days to respond. (5/22/06)