NYCHA CEO Shola Olatoye is resigning, according to a news report, following public outcry at revelations that Ms. Olatoye and Mayor Bill de Blasio withheld information about lead exposure to tenants of New York City’s public housing developments.
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For a forum sponsored by the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project about filing open records requests, several FOIA and FOIL requests were made, seeking documents and records about the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar service, or BQX.
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Information being reviewed by Federal law enforcement about the activities of the Democratic Organization of Queens County includes the county political committee’s involvement in the recently-concluded speaker race for the New York City Council.
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A FOIA lawsuit seeking U.S. Department of Justice records about the prosecution of activists has ended in an adverse ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Elected officials, including Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, appeared at a rally to oppose the disposition of City-owned land in Long Island City to real estate developers. Yet, rally participants overlooked the failure by legislators to regulate responsible land use.
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The DOJ’s filing would keep an allegedly biased judge in charge of FOIA litigation seeking the speech records of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
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