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REQUEST
UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW (“FOIL”)
Thursday,
November 14, 2024
VIA
FAX: 1-518-473-8940, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
foil@osc.ny.gov
Jennifer
Freeman, Deputy Comptroller – Communications
Colin
Bradt, Deputy Comptroller – Chief Information Office
Office
of the New York State Comptroller (OSC)
110
State Street, 15th Floor - Records Access Office, Communications
Albany,
New York 12236-0001 USA
VIA
FAX: 1-518-486-6479, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
localgov@osc.ny.gov
Andrea
C. Miller, Executive Deputy Comptroller – Audit & Policy
Office
of the New York State Comptroller (OSC)
Division
of Local Government
110
State Street, 12th Floor
Albany,
New York 12236-0001 USA
Re:
FOIL Request – The Village Of
Piermont, New York
Dear
Ms. Freeman, Ms. Miller, Mr. Bradt, and Colleagues:
I
am an attorney in New York, and a citizen and resident of the Town of
Orangetown and the County of Rockland. Under the New York State Freedom of
Information Law:
http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html
and,
as may be applicable, its state, federal, and other counterparts, including
without limitation New York Public Officers Law, Article 6, Sections 84-90, and
Title 5 of the United States Code, Section 552 (collectively herein referred to
as “FOIL”), request is hereby made that each of you provide to this, my law
office, full and complete copies of each and every document and other item of
material dated or otherwise generated from January 1, 2024 forward to
the present day (collectively, “Records”) which may be at all responsive to
the following requests:
1.
All Piermont Records. All Records relating to the Village of
Piermont, New York, which as you know is located within the Town of
Orangetown, New York and in Rockland County, New York.
2.
Piermont Audit Materials. Particularly, and without limitation to the
foregoing – as relating to the Village of Piermont, New York, in each case
- all Records relating to any audit, “risk assessment”, “risk assessment
process”, “audit selection”, “field work”, “work papers”, calculations,
tabulations, assessments, fact-collections, summaries, “entrance conference”, “audit
survey”, “preliminary audit survey”, other form of survey, “preliminary
findings”, “preliminary audit findings”, other findings, “exit conference”, “recommendations”,
“audit report issues”, “audit reports”, “follow-up reports”, “audit responses”, official positions, official responses,
factual differences, “corrective action plans” a/k/a “CAPs”, “local official
responses”, meetings, “budget reviews”, “preliminary budgets”, “estimates”,
research, information-gathering, interviews, transcripts, transcriptions, data,
documents, input from public officials, organizational information, operational
information, instructions, clarifications, conclusions, final reports, press
releases, and formal responses (collectively, herein, “Piermont
Processes And Materials”).
3.
Requests. Particularly, and without limitation to the foregoing, all
Records reflecting any requests made by any person or entity for any of the Piermont
Processes And Materials.
4.
Scheduling. Particularly, and without limitation to the foregoing, all
Records reflecting the scheduling or provided advance notice to the Village of
Piermont, any official of the Village of Piermont, or any other person or
entity, of any of the Piermont Processes And Materials.
5.
Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. Particularly, and without limitation to
the foregoing, all Records relating to the New York State Comptroller’s Fiscal
Stress Monitoring System and the Village of Piermont inclusion vel non
therein.
6.
Bonds. Particularly, and without
limitation to the foregoing, all Records relating to municipal bonds or other
debt instruments or debentures, and the Village of Piermont.
7.
Piermont Policies vel non. Particularly, and without limitation
to the foregoing, all Records reflecting the policies, procedures, internal
controls, and public resources of, or utilized by, the Village of Piermont – if
any.
8.
Piermont Performance vel non. Particularly, and without
limitation to the foregoing, all Records reflecting the “performance”, vel
non, of the Village of Piermont, or any “performance audit” thereof.
9.
Piermont Officials. Particularly, and without limitation to the
foregoing, all records relating to any of the following Village of Piermont
public officials, including without limitation all e-mails, text messages,
memos, correspondence, communications, and other writings to, from, copied to,
or otherwise referencing these individuals in any manner:
Bruce
Edward Tucker, Mayor.
Mark
William Blomquist, Deputy Mayor and
Village Trustee.
Robert
(“Rob”) Burns, Ex-Village Trustee.
Christine
McAndrews, Village Trustee, Former
Member of Planning Board.
Rondi
Marie Casey, Village Trustee.
Nathan
(Nate) Mitchell, Village Trustee.
Michael
Emerson Wright, Village Trustee.
Jennifer
DeYorgi Maher, Chief Fiscal Officer,
Treasurer, Village Clerk, Registrar of Vital Statistics.
Michele
Marzo, Deputy Clerk and Treasurer.
Sylvia
Carbonell, Village Clerk.
Maggie
Cavanaugh, Clerk - Building
Department.
Charles
(Charlie) Schaub, Building Inspector
and Flood Plain Manager.
Joe
Knizeski, Assistant Building
Inspector.
Christian
(Chris) Catania alias “Christian
Charles”, Clerk to the Boards.
David
Levy, Planning Board Chair.
Daniel
Spitzer, Ex-Planning Board Chair
Ed
Nelson, Member of the Planning Board.
Jerry
Warshaw, Member of the Planning
Board.
Kim
Stiefel, Member of the Planning
Board.
Don
Guyton, Member of the Planning Board.
Mary
Kirby, Alternate Member of the Planning
Board.
Adra
Bubesi Mounier, Resigned Alternate
Member of the Planning Board.
Usha
Wright, Chair of the Zoning Board of
Appeal (ZBA).
Walter
Cain, Member of the Zoning Board of
Appeal (ZBA).
Peter
T. Metzler, Member of the Zoning
Board of Appeal (ZBA).
Dr.
Philip Tierno, Member of the Zoning
Board of Appeal (ZBA).
Gregg
Manzione, Member of the Zoning Board
of Appeal (ZBA).
Rochelle
Spooner, Alternate Member of the Zoning
Board of Appeal (ZBA).
Kevin
Timoney, Alternate Member of the Zoning
Board of Appeal (ZBA).
10.
E-Mail Addresses Of Piermont Officials. Particularly, and without
limitation to the foregoing, all Records, including without limitation all
e-mails, text messages, memos, correspondence, and other communications and
writings to, from, copied to, or otherwise referencing these e-mail addresses
in any manner – it being noted here that each of these e-mail addresses are
identified on public-record as corresponding to a Piermont governmental
official in some manner:
admin@maavs.com
amblomquist@cs.com
awlegs3@yahoo.com
blomquist@verizon.net
boomers@speedchoice.com
breatherc@aol.com
bruce.tucker@rainbowlinens.com
bstucker@erols.com
btucker@piermont-ny.gov
btucker@rainbowlinens.com
btucker@rsexpress.com
btucker1027@gmail.com
building@piermont-ny.gov
buildingclerk@piermont-ny.gov
cadelaide@hotmail.com
caseysjrks@aol.com
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
christine.mcandrews@gmail.com
christine.mcandrews@miradorrealestate.com
christine.mcandrews@northstarnewyork.com
clerk@piermont-ny.gov
clgoode69@gmail.com
cveech@gmail.com
deputyclerk@piermont-ny.gov
desmdpc@mac.com
ew515@aol.com
faber2far_sfc@hotmail.com
imark.blomquisto86@yahoo.com
info@piermontcivicassociation.org
jq1rondy.casey@aol.com
kristyandrews1@gmail.com
m.wright@maavs.com
mablomquist@collegeclub.com
mark.blomquist@aol.com
mark.blomquist@yahoo.com
mark.blomquistad91@yahoo.com
mark.blomquistq9@yahoo.com
mblomquist@austin.rr.com
mblomquist@onebox.com
mblomquist@piermont-ny.gov
mblomquist@verizon.net
mblomquist1@verizon.net
mew515@aol.com
mew515@yahoo.com
michael@maavs.com
mike.wright@paxar.com
mike@maavs.com
minime4711@yahoo.com
mrondy.casey1@aol.com
mwright@piermont-ny.gov
NMitchell@piermont-ny.gov
paldirector@piermont-ny.gov
piermontcivicassociation@gmail.com
PiermontParks@piermont-ny.gov
prinsass19@aol.com
rainbowlin@aol.com
rctbii@aol.com
receptionist@piermont-ny.gov
revmad@hotmail.com
rickb6264@hotmail.com
robertveech@sterling-products.com
rondy.casey@aol.com
rondy.casey@yahoo.com
ronensono.1@gmail.com
sales@maavs.com
sarahcasey@angelic.com
stephtweed92@gmail.com
support@maavs.com
teenymc@aol.com
trafficsafety@piermont-ny.gov
usha.wright@gmail.com
vanexa1991@hotmail.com
voncealjr7521@sbcglobal.net
will1202@yahoo.com
wwright@optonline.net
11.
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...” (FOIL,§86[4]) 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:
http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html#s86
12.
Headings And Subheadings. The headings and subheadings used in this
letter 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 FOIL request.
13.
Costs. 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 FOIL should be considered a matter of
public importance, and as its results will be shared with the general public
and published, 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.
14.
Denials And Appeals. 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.
15.
Additional Requests. This FOIL request is not intended to be exhaustive,
and I foresee making additional and 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,
and with thanks,
John
J. Tormey III, Esq.
cc:
VIA
FAX: 1-518-474-1927, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
coog@dos.ny.gov
NYS
Committee on Open Government (COOG)
Department
of State
One
Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 650
Albany,
New York 12231 USA
