Public Access to Public Records: Albany Must Reform the Freedom of Information Law

Public access to public records: Albany must reform the Freedom of Information Law

The Legislature, with the agreement of Gov. Hochul (who unfortunately went along), betrayed the New York public and put off for another two years any limits on legislators’ outside income, a pernicious corrupting practice. The ability to be in the pay of special interests was supposed to be capped at $35,000 when they raised their own annual salaries to $142,000 a year, by far the highest in the nation, at the end of 2022. The outside earnings c…

New bill to widen freedom of information law could cover firms providing public services

A new bill to widen freedom of information law in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.