Int 1402-2025
Reporting on police department compliance with freedom of information law requests.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2025-09-25
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-09-25Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Investigations to annually report on the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) compliance with the Freedom of Information Law. The report would provide recommendations on improving compliance with the Freedom of Information Law as well as data about the kinds of requests being made and the timeline on which NYPD responded to the request.
Committee on Public Safety — Police Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-11-19 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-11-19 · Committee on Public Safety
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Public Safety · 2025-11-19 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
City Council · 2025-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (9)
- Summary of Int. No. 1402
- Int. No. 1402
- September 25, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-25-25.pdf
- Committee Report 11/19/25
- Hearing Testimony 11/19/25
- Hearing Transcript 11/19/25
- Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
- Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 33 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 33-202 to read as follows:
� 33-202 Reporting on police department freedom of information law requests. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "FOIL request" means any request made with the police department under section 87 of the public officers law.
b. Report. No later than January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council and shall post on the department's website an annual report regarding FOIL requests.
c. Requirements of the report. The annual report shall include:
1. A table in which each separate row references a unique FOIL request. Each such row shall include the following information, as well as any additional information the commissioner deems appropriate, set forth in separate columns:
(a) The date on which a FOIL request was filed;
(b) The general topic on which the FOIL request was made;
(c) The date on which the police department first responded to the FOIL request;
(d) The date on which materials responsive to the FOIL request would be due without any extensions;
(e) The number of extensions requested by the police department regarding the FOIL request;
(f) The date on which the police department issued a decision regarding the FOIL request;
(g) The date on which the FOIL request was appealed, if applicable;
(h) The decision on the appeal of the FOIL request, if applicable;
2. A qualitative analysis of the data described in paragraph 1 of this subdivision; and
3. Recommendations for how the police department may more expeditiously comply with section 87 of the public officers law.
d. Data dictionary. The report required by subdivision c of this section shall include a data dictionary.
e. Removal of personally identifiable information. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, no report required by subdivision c of this section shall contain personally identifiable information.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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