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

September 8, 2026

Niskayuna meeting livestreams end, and the Gazette objects

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Removed from a town meeting for not signing in

Fredonia’s mayor wants to switch off public comment

New York pays $650k a year for FOIL software it half-uses

A bill would move legal notices off newsprint and online

Queensbury adds Zoom to its Planning Board meetings

Sunshine season produced a year of public records tools

South Dakota tightened its meeting rules; New York should look

Three people in a room still write the state budget

An office that answers 5,000 FOIL requests a year, and how

Rockland County blacked out the money in a camera contract

Syracuse decides on surveillance tech behind a closed door

A contractor sues to keep a county contract out of the paper