John J. Tormey III, PLLC
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NEW REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (“FOIA”)
Monday, April 15, 2024
foiparequest@ic.fbi.gov
Mr. Michael G. Seidel - Section Chief
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS)
200 Constitution Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
foipaquestions@fbi.gov
Mr. Michael G. Seidel - Section Chief
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS)
170 Marcel Drive
newark@fbi.gov
Mr. James E. Dennehy - Special Agent in Charge
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Newark Field Office
11 Centre Place
Newark, NJ 07102 USA
New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, Site Remediation Compliance And Enforcement v. Bergen Auto And Polidoro Properties, LLC (2015) - OAL DKT. NO. ECE 08989-14 – AGENCY DKT./REF. NO. PEA 130001-032975
Dear Mr. Seidel and Mr. Dennehy:
As you may be already aware from
prior correspondence between me and the Bureau, I am an attorney in New York,
and a citizen and resident of the Town of
Your files may also indicate that I am a proud graduate of the FBI’s Citizen’s Academy, Class of 2010. In that course, I studied in downtown Manhattan under the authority of George Venizelos and Janice Fedarcyk, successive Assistant Directors In Charge of FBI’s New York Division, as well as Special Agents Stacey Diamond, Evelyn Vera, and Jackie Delaney who ran the Citizen’s Academy program at the time. Realizing that a FOIA request like this one may end up circulated to one or more of them as a matter of electronic connection and practice, please give them my regards if and when they may be contacted. I always want them to know how grateful I am for the opportunity to have participated in that program.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552
request is hereby made that your offices please timely provide to this, my law office, full, complete, unredacted, and otherwise unexpurgated copies of each and every document and other item of material (collectively, “Records”) which may be at all responsive to the following itemized requests:
1. NJDEP v. Bergen Auto and Polidoro Properties, LLC (2015). All Records relating to the matter of “New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, Site Remediation Compliance And Enforcement v. Bergen Auto And Polidoro Properties, LLC” (2015), OAL DKT. NO. ECE 08989-14, AGENCY DKT./REF. NO. PEA 130001-032975 – an action which resulted in an administrative proceeding before the New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), State of New Jersey, Office Of Administrative Law, Office Of Legal Affairs. For your convenience, a certain portion of the above file can already be found at the below-indicated Internet URL. I am now seeking the totality of the remainder of the file:
Sunday, April 14, 2024
“Flashback To 2015: Polidoro Properties, LLC Runs Out Of Money, And Gets DESTROYED By The New Jersey DEP For Punting On A Massive Leaking Underground Gasoline Tank.”
I currently have no information as to whether or not the matter of NJDEP v. Bergen Auto and Polidoro Properties may have led to any form of referral to your or any other federal or state law enforcement agency. Therefore, this FOIA request seeks that truth in plenary production, and either that “yes” or “no” answer.
I am further herewith requesting:
2. Polidoro Properties, LLC. All other Records relating to Polidoro Properties, LLC, if any.
3. Gerard M. Polidoro. All other Records, if any, relating to the principal of Polidoro Properties, LLC – one Gerard M. Polidoro alias “Jerry Polidoro” alias “Gerald Pollidoro”[sic], of Norwood, New Jersey. It is a matter of public record that Mr. Polidoro’s age is believed to be approximately __________ (___) years, and that his birthdate is believed to be _________ ___, 19_____. According to further public record information, other of his aliases may include:
“Gerard S. Poluidoro”. (Possibly an original spelling by way of translation).
Additionally, as your FBI website asks that a requester like myself not only provide age and birthdate information, but also address information for an individual if known, other public record information indicates that Mr. Polidoro has been associated with the following eighteen (18) different addresses over the past several decades:
B. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648 USA.
C. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648.
D. ____________________, Old Tappan, NJ 07675 USA.
E. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648 USA.
F. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648 USA.
G. ____________________, Alpine, NJ 07620 USA.
H. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648 USA.
I. ____________________, Demarest, NJ 07627 USA.
J. ____________________, New Milford, NJ 07646 USA.
K. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648 USA.
L. ____________________, Monroe Township, NJ 08831 USA.
M. ____________________, Dayton, OH 45417 USA.
N. ____________________, Norwood, NJ 07648 USA.
O. ____________________, NY 10968 USA.
P. ____________________, Northvale, NJ 07647 USA.
Q. ____________________, Blauvelt, NY 10913 USA.
R. ____________________, Piermont, NY 10968 USA.
I am further herewith requesting:
4. Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company. All Records, if any, relating to “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company”, another entity with which Mr. Polidoro has been associated.
5. Time-Frame. Accordingly I am hereby requesting the production of any and all documents from Year 1980, forward, which relate to the foregoing.
6. Polidoro, His LLCs, And His Associates And Other Affiliates. The foregoing requests include each and every Record created, generated, materializing, or otherwise existing which reflects any communication by, to, about, or otherwise referencing in any way, Mr. Polidor, his entities, and any of his or its executives, principals, officers, managers, members, managing members, employees, contractors, agents, representatives, and any other of their direct or indirect affiliates (collectively, “Polidoro Associates”).
7. Violations Of Laws – IF
Ever Any. While I yet have no current information indicating
any violation of laws other than as may be indicated in the file for the
above-referenced matter of NJDEP v. Bergen Auto and Polidoro Properties, LLC
(2015), I am hereby seeking, to the extent if at all existing, each
and every Record reflecting any “violation”, “reporting violation”, or other
past, present, future, or anticipated violation, breach, or other transgression
of federal, state, county, town, local, or other ordinance, rule, regulation,
requirement, or other law or standard - including without limitation any
violation of rules, regulations or other laws enforced by or otherwise relating
to or concerning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States
Department Of Justice (USDOJ),
8. Locations Prior To New
York. My understanding is that Mr. Polidoro has had ties to the
State of New Jersey, to the State of New York, and to the State of Ohio. My
requests for Records herein should not be deemed limited to his apparent current
Norwood, New Jersey location or to the location of Piermont, New York. I am
looking for Records reflecting activities, if any, in other locations as well.
9. Definition Of “Records”. “Records” should be construed in the
broadest sense and manner possible and should include any information kept,
held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for your agency or office in any
physical form whatsoever, including without limitation all audio recordings,
blog posts, correspondence, data maintained electronically, data, e-mails,
executive summaries, extracts, faxes, instant messages, Internet posts,
letters, log-book entries, memos, paper records, personal messages, social
media communications, spreadsheets, summaries, synopses, telephone records,
test-reports, visual recordings, and any other materials.
10. Headings. The headings to numbered Items #1 through #9 hereinabove are for convenience of reference purposes only, and should not be construed to be words of limitation or otherwise of any substantive significance relative to this FOIA request.
If there are any copying or other fees for this, please let me know what they are and how they are calculated, before filling the request and forwarding the Records to me. As this FOIA should be considered a matter of public importance, and as its results will be shared with the general public, I am asking that any otherwise-applicable fees be waived for this document-production. I am also asking that all documents be provided to me electronically to the full extent possible, so as to obviate the need for any photocopying expense.
As you know, the Freedom of Information Act requires that any agency, including your own, respond to a request such as this one within twenty (20) days of receipt of the request. In the event that any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of each of the specific reasons for any such denial in writing - and provide me with the name, address, and other contact information of the person or entity to whom an appeal should be directed. This FOIA request is not intended to be exhaustive, and I may need to make additional or follow-up requests.
I will appreciate a response from you and your office as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you shortly. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
John J. Tormey III, Esq.
