Advocacy Webinar Series
Learn & Protect Our Parkland
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Learning & Advocacy Webinar Series
This series will explore more about local volunteer and advocacy efforts plus learn more about Freedom of Information & Open Meetings Law. Zoom login information will be shared with registrants 48 hours before the event.
FOIL - Government Obligations
Friday, December 5th at 12 pm
This program will cover the basics of the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) including, agency obligations, applicant rights, time limits, permissible grounds for denials of access, and allowable fees.
Host - Kristin O’Neill, Deputy Director and Counsel, New York State Committee on Open Government
FOIL- Journalism & Civil Society
Thursday, December 11th at 12 pm
Want to get information about a delayed city project? Find out how much money a bureaucrat is making or earning in overtime? Copies of a building inspection or restaurant health probe? The Freedom of Information Law is your answer to it all. Want to know how to file those requests? This is the presentation for you!
Host - Reuven Blau is a senior reporter at THE CITY online nonprofit news site. He's also the co-author of the critically acclaimed book "Rikers: An Oral History." He's spent years honing the best way to file FOIL requests for revealing government documents and reports.
Local Park Advocate Spotlight
Thursday, November 6th, 7pm
Friends' Mission & Plan
Host: Jessica Burke, Founding President, Friends of Crocheron & John Golden Park
Thurs, November 13th
7pm
Udalls Cove - History & Future Conservation
Host: Walter Mugdan, President, Udalls Cove Preservation Committee
Wed, December 17th
7pm
Creating Crocheron's Wildflower Meadow - 3 Years In
Host: Dana Gumb, Crocheron Park, Head Park Steward
Freedom of Information & Open Meeting Law
Fri, December 5th
12pm
Freedom of Information Law - Government Obligations
Host: Kristin O’Neill, Deputy Director and Counsel, New York State Committee on Open Government
Thurs, December 11th
12pm
Freedom of Information Law - In Journalism
Host: Raven Blau, Reporter, The City
Registration for this free event is requested, please sign up below:
