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Reports, victories, setbacks, and plain talk about open government in New York.

Niskayuna Town Hall
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September 8, 2026

Niskayuna meeting livestreams end, and the Gazette objects
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cnycentral-fayetteville-manlius-open-meetings
July 3, 2026

What it costs to prove an Open Meetings Law violation
california-open-meetings-law-sb707
July 1, 2026

California just raised the bar on remote meeting access
elmira-foil-requester-names-resolution
June 30, 2026

Elmira floated posting the names of FOIL requesters
riverhead-foil-hearing-officer-findings
June 25, 2026

A FOIL request produced what Riverhead did not read out loud
pat-burke-open-appointments-act
June 18, 2026

A bill to fill empty elected seats in the open
reinvent-albany-foil-logs
June 17, 2026

A FOIL request about FOIL requests
batavia-council-executive-sessions
June 10, 2026

Asked about executive sessions, Batavia went into one
reinvent-albany-2026-session-bills-table
June 9, 2026

A thin year in Albany for transparency bills
queens-eagle-criminal-court-transparency
June 8, 2026

Only a sliver of criminal court decisions are ever published
scriba-town-board-video-policy
June 2, 2026

Scriba’s rule on where you may film a public meeting
batavian-howard-owens-public-comment
June 1, 2026

A publisher spends his three minutes on the Open Meetings Law
muckrock-records-request-denied
May 29, 2026

What to do when your records request comes back denied