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A02750 Summary:

A02750 Actions:

A02750 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:03/07/2017AYE/NAY:13/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Glick
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Kim
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:03/13/2017AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Titus
Absent
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Excused
Fahy
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:04/25/2017AYE/NAY:31/0  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Curran
Aye
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Excused
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

A02750 Floor Votes:

A02750 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2750--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, BRINDISI, CAHILL, HIKIND, JAFFEE,
          KAVANAGH, MAGNARELLI, ROSENTHAL, TITONE,  ZEBROWSKI,  FAHY  --  Multi-
          Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. COLTON, COOK, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, PERRY,
          THIELE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Govern-
          mental  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public officers  law,  in  relation  to  freedom  of
          information requests and attorney's fees
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 89 of the  public
     2  officers  law, as amended by chapter 492 of the laws of 2006, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (c) The court in such a proceeding: (i) may assess, against such agen-
     5  cy involved, reasonable  attorney's  fees  and  other  litigation  costs
     6  reasonably  incurred  by such person in any case under the provisions of
     7  this section in which such person has substantially prevailed, [when:
     8    i. the agency had no reasonable basis for denying access; or
     9    ii.] and when the agency failed to respond  to  a  request  or  appeal
    10  within  the  statutory  time; and (ii) shall assess, against such agency
    11  involved, reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs  reason-
    12  ably  incurred  by  such person in any case under the provisions of this
    13  section in which such person has substantially prevailed and  the  court
    14  finds that the agency had no reasonable basis for denying access.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06775-02-7