Last updated 1/16/2015
FOIL contact information and resources for New York City and New York state agencies.
Before submitting any request, check the relevant site for current information about the procedures, fees, and expected response time of a request.
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/contact/contact.shtml
Records Access Officer
280 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-393-2096 x2032
Fax: 212-566-3843
Current officer: Angela White ([email protected])
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/foil.shtml
PDF form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/foil_request_form_english.pdf
New York City Department of Transportation
Records Access Officer
55 Water Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10041
[email protected]
Details: http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/GeneralCounsel/Legal/FILU/default.htm
Records Access Officer
NYC Department of Education
52 Chambers Street, Room 308
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-374-6888
[email protected]
Current officer: Joseph Baranello
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/legal_matters/dclm_doc_production_foil.shtml
Records Access Officer
NYC Police Department
FOIL Unit - Legal Bureau
One Police Plaza, Room 110-C
New York, NY 10038
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/after_fire/fire_records.shtml
Record Access Officer
FDNY Bureau of Legal Affairs/CDLS Unit
9 MetroTech Center, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11201-3857
Details: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/foil-requests.page
Online form: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/contact-by-email/contact-foil-requests-and-rule-making-actions.page
New York City Department of Finance
Records Access Officer
345 Adams Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-403-3625
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/html/contact/foil_request.shtml
Brenda Greene
Freedom of Information Officer
NYC Department of Consumer Affairs
42 Broadway, 9th floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-436-0285
Fax: 646-500–5968
[email protected]
Records Access Officer: Danielle Barbato
Fax: 212.513.0701
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nycgovparks.org/contact-parks/foil-request
Records Access Officer: Christina Dookwah
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
The Arsenal
Central Park
830 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Fax: 212-360-1373
[email protected]
Details: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/forms-n-rfps/freedom-of-information-law-foil-requests/
Online form: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/forms-n-rfps/freedom-of-information-law-foil-requests/foil-request/
Records Access Officer
New York City Comptroller’s Office
One Centre Street, Room 602
Municipal Building
New York, NY 10007
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/contact_us/index.shtml
Online form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/contact_us/foil.shtml
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/taxcomm/html/foil/foil.shtml
Online form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/taxcomm/html/foil/foil_form.shtml
New York City Tax Commission
Records Access Officer
1 Centre Street, Room 2400
New York, NY 10007
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/records.shtml
PDF form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/foil_form_doc.pdf
NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission
Office of Legal Affairs
Attn: Records Access Officer
33 Beaver Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Fax: 212-676-1102
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doc/html/contact/foil.shtml
Laura S. Mello
Records Access Officer
New York City Department of Correction
75-20 Astoria Blvd
East Elmhurst, New York 11370
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/about/location.shtml#foil
Records Access Officer
22 Reade Street, Second Floor, West
New York, NY 10007
Fax: 212-720-3219
[email protected]
Executive Office
32 - 42 Broadway, 7 Fl
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-487-5400
Online form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/contact/foil-request-form.shtml
Records Access Officer
Department of Housing Preservation & Development
100 Gold Street
New York, NY 10038
Current officer: Donald Appel ([email protected])
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/contact/foil_request.shtml
PDF form: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/downloads/pdf/NYCHA_Freedom_of_Informtion_Request_Form.pdf
Records Access Officer
NYCHA
250 Broadway, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-306-8680
Fax: 212-306-8710
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/contact/ogc-foil.shtml
Records Access Officer
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Gotham Center
42-09 28th Street, Floor 14th, CN31
Long Island City, NY 11101
Fax: 347-396-6087
[email protected]
No FOIL contact listed, address taken from here
FOIL Coordinator
New York City Office of Emergency Management
165 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, New York, 11201
No FOIL contact listed, address taken from here
DSNY, Freedom of Information Law Officer
125 Worth Street, Room 710
New York, NY 10013
No FOIL contact listed, this is the general department mailing address.
City of New York
Department of Investigation
Records Access Officer
80 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-825-5900
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/ccrb/html/contact/contact.shtml
Director of Intergovernmental and Legal Affairs
CCRB
100 Church St.
New York, NY, 10007
Details: http://advocate.nyc.gov/requesting-public-records
Office of the Public Advocate
Attn: Records Access Officer
1 Centre Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10007
[email protected]
Details: https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/communications-marketing/foil.html
Dave Fields
Records Access Officer
University Dean and Special Counsel to the Chancellor
205 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017
Phone No: 646-664-9110
Fax: 646-664-3863
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/contact/foil.shtml
Records Access Officer
Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
One Centre Street, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10007
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nycsca.org/Business/WorkingWithTheSCA/Legal/Pages/FreedomofInformationRequests.aspx
Records Access Officer
School Construction Authority
30-30 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: 718-472-8302
Current officer: Michael Szabaga
See 'State Agencies' below.
The Office of the State Comptroller maintains a basic list of state agency FOIL officers here:
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/foilofficers.htm
More detailed information is often available on individual agency websites.
Details: http://dmv.ny.gov/org/file-freedom-information-law-foil-request
Records Access Officer
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
FOIL Office
6 Empire State Plaza, Room 222
Albany, NY 12228
Phone: (518) 474-0621
Fax: (518) 474-8537
Current officer: Lisa Turnbull ([email protected])
Details: http://www.tax.ny.gov/help/contact/foil_requests.htm
Records Access Office
NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
W.A. Harriman Campus
Bldg 9 Room 100
Albany, NY 12227
Fax: 518-435-8548
Property tax data: [email protected]
All other requests: [email protected]
Details: http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/mail.htm
Records Access Office
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
Alfred E. Smith Building
80 South Swan St.
Albany, New York 12210
Fax: 518-457-2416
[email protected]
Details: https://www.dot.ny.gov/main/foil-form
Records Access Office
NYSDOT
50 Wolf Road
6th Floor
Albany, NY 12232
Fax: 518-457-9729
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nycourts.gov/foil/
Most court records are subject to disclosure under other provisions instead of FOIL; only administrative court records are subject to FOIL disclosure.
Shawn Kerby, Assistant Deputy Counsel
FOIL Officer
Office of Court Administration
25 Beaver Street, Room 1170
New York, NY 10004
[email protected]
Details: http://www.nysed.gov/foil
Records Access Officer
New York State Education Department
89 Washington Ave, Room 121 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: 518-408-1818
Fax: 518-473-2827
[email protected]
Details: http://www.dos.ny.gov/about/foil.html
Online form: http://www.dos.ny.gov/about/contact.asp?DCode=FOIL#emailcontact
Records Access Officer
New York State Department of State
One Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12231
Phone: 518-474-4752
Fax: 518-474-4597
Details: http://www.suny.edu/contact/foil/
Online form: http://www.suny.edu/contact/email.cfm
Details: http://www.doccs.ny.gov/contactus.htm
Online form: http://www.doccs.ny.gov/DOCCSwebfoilform.aspx
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Attn: FOIL Unit
Building 2
1220 Washington Ave
Albany, New York 12226-2050
Phone: 518-457-8126
Details: https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/foil/
Records Access Office
New York State Department of Health
Corning Tower, Room 2364
Albany, NY 12237-0044
Fax: 518-486-9144
[email protected]
Details: https://labor.ny.gov/secure/foilrequest.shtm
Online form: https://www.labor.ny.gov/secure/foil.asp
Records Access Officer
New York State Department of Labor
State Office Campus, Building 12, Room 509
Albany, NY 12240
Fax: 518-485-1819
Details: http://dfs.ny.gov/legal/foil.htm
Online form: https://myportal.dfs.ny.gov/web/guest-applications/ogc-foil-e-form
New York State Department of Financial Services
Office of General Counsel
Attn: Records Access Officer
One State Street, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Fax: 212-709-1655
[email protected]
Details: https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Request_Government_Records/
PDF form: https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Request_Government_Records/FOIL_FORM.cfm
New York State Police
Attn: Records Access Officer
1220 Washington Avenue, Bldg 22
Albany, NY 12226-2252
Details: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/contact/index.cfm#foil
Online form: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/contact/foil
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services
633 Third Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Fax: 212-867-7060
[email protected]
Details: https://dmna.ny.gov/foil/
Online form: https://dmna.ny.gov/foil/request/
Details: http://www.veterans.ny.gov/content/foil-foia
PDF form: http://www.veterans.ny.gov/sites/default/files/FOIL%20request_2.pdf
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Veterans' Affairs
2 Empire State Plaza, 17th Floor
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12223
[email protected]
Details: http://esd.ny.gov/FOIL.html
Empire State Development
Records Access Officer
633 3rd Ave
37th Floor
New York, NY 10017
[email protected]
Details: http://parks.ny.gov/inside-our-agency/foil-requests.aspx
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
ATTN: Records Access Officer
Albany, NY 12238
Fax: 518-474-5106
[email protected]
Details: http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/contactfoil.html
Rick Arnold
Records Access Officer
10B Airline Drive
Albany, N.Y. 12235
Phone: 518-457-1059
[email protected]
Details: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/foil.htm
Records Access Officer
Office of the State Comptroller
110 State Street
Albany, NY 12236
Phone: 518-474-4015
Fax: 518-473-8940
[email protected]
Details: http://www.ig.ny.gov/information/foil.html
Records Access Officer
Office of the State Inspector General
Empire State Plaza
Agency Building 2, 16th Floor
Albany, NY 12223
Fax: 518-486-3745
[email protected]
Request form: http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/foi-request.cfm
List of fulfilled FOI requests: http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/freedom-information-requests.html
Includes New York City transit, Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Metro-North Railroad, and MTA Police
Details: http://web.mta.info/foil.htm
Current MTA FOIL contact:
Anne Cutler
212-878-7315
MTA Headquarters
Victoria Clement
Manager Legal Support Services/Freedom of Information Law Officer
347 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10017
MTA NYC Transit
Denise Fraser
718-694-3909
Deputy Exec. Asst. General Counsel/Freedom of Information Officer
130 Livingston Plaza, 12th Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11201
MTA Long Island Rail Road
Richard Gans
Vice President - General Counsel & Secretary
Jamaica Station
Jamaica, New York 11435
MTA Metro-North Railroad
Linda Montanino
Asst Secy & Litigation Agent/Freedom of Information Law Officer
347 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017
MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Theressa Legall
Freedom of Information Law Officer/Administrator
2 Broadway, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10004
MTA Capital Construction
Zoë L. Davidson, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
MTACC Law Department
2 Broadway 8th Floor
New York, NY 10004-2209
MTA Bus Company
Gerard Mikorenda
Freedom of Information Officer
2 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
MTA Police
P.O. Chris Lyons
Records Manager/MTA Police Foil Contact
347 Madison Avenue
New York NY 10017