FOIL POLICY

The Office of the Queens Borough President (QBPO) processes requests for records pursuant to the provisions of the New York Freedom of Information Act (FOIL).

All requests for records under FOIL should be sent to [email protected]. Each request should include the following information:

• The type(s) of records requested
• The time period to be searched
• Relevant details that reasonably describe the records being sought

The designated Records Access Officer for QBPO is Tariqua Morrison, Deputy General Counsel.

• 120-55 Queens Blvd.
• Kew Gardens, NY 11424
• 718-286-2882

The designated FOIL Appeals Officer for QBPO is Allan Swisher, General Counsel.

• 120-55 Queens Blvd.
• Kew Gardens, NY 11424
• 718-286-2880

Anyone denied partial or full access to a record has a right of appeal. All FOIL appeals should be sent to [email protected].

QBPO will respond to FOIL requests with electronic records by default. Where hard copies are requested or a response requires the provision of hard copies, QBPO will produce such records at a fee of $.25 per page for photocopies not to exceed nine inches by fourteen inches (9”×14”). Where the page size exceeds nine inches by fourteen inches, QBPO shall compute the actual cost of reproduction of the record pursuant to provisions of FOIL (Public Officers Law § 87(1)(c)). Where reproduction of records is not feasible, or where a requestor seeks to inspect records, we will make the records available for inspection at a specific date, time, and location within Queens Borough Hall (120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11424) to be designated by the Records Access Officer, though the time will be within the office’s regular business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Where applicable, the exact date, time, and location of such inspection will be stated in the response letter.

SUBJECT MATTER LIST

Updated January 2024

QBPO maintains records (including internal and external communications, memoranda, reports, studies, contracts and other legal documents, calendars and schedules, and other collected data and records) in connection to the policy or subject areas listed below. Not all records within the listed policy or subject areas are necessarily available for disclosure pursuant to FOIL:

• Appointments
• Budget and Fiscal
• المشاركة المدنية
• Communications
• مجالس المجتمع
• الخدمات التأسيسية
• Cultural Affairs and Tourism
• التنمية الاقتصادية
• تعليم
• Events
• Executive Office
• Facilities and Operations
• العدالة بين الجنسين
• Health and Human Services
• إسكان
• شؤون المهاجرين
• Information Technology
• Intergovernmental Affairs
• Land Use, Planning, and Development
• Legal
• Not-for-Profit Opportunities
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Scheduling and Advance
• Strategic Initiatives
• طبوغرافيا
• Youth Services