S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to personally iden-
tifying information in municipal land use documents subject to FOIL
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs vii and viii of paragraph (b) of subdivision
2 of section 89 of the public officers law, as amended by section 2 of
part GGG of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are amended and a new
subparagraph ix is added to read as follows:
vii. disclosure of electronic contact information, such as an e-mail
address or a social network username, that has been collected from a
taxpayer under section one hundred four of the real property tax law;
[or]
viii. disclosure of law enforcement arrest or booking photographs of
an individual, unless public release of such photographs will serve a
specific law enforcement purpose and disclosure is not precluded by any
state or federal laws; OR
IX. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF PRIVATE INDI-
VIDUALS CONTAINED IN AN APPLICATION AND/OR SUPPORTING MATERIALS SUBMIT-
TED TO A MUNICIPAL PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, OR SIMILAR
LOCAL LAND-USE BODY, WHERE SUCH DISCLOSURE WOULD CONSTITUTE AN UNWAR-
RANTED INVASION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY OR CREATE A RISK OF FRAUD OR IDENTI-
TY THEFT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE REDACTION OF INFORMATION NECESSARY TO UNDER-
STAND THE NATURE OF SUCH APPLICATION OR THE BASIS OF SUCH MUNICIPAL
PLANNING BOARD'S, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS', OR SIMILAR LOCAL LAND-USE
BODY'S DETERMINATION REGARDING SUCH APPLICATION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14693-01-6
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