Senate Bill S9739A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 01, 2026	print number 9739a
Jun 01, 2026	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Apr 02, 2026	referred to investigations and government operations

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2025-S9739 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2321
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8671, A9621

2025-S9739 - Summary

Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.

2025-S9739 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9739

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agen-
cies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open
government

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require agencies subject to the public officers law to report to the
committee on open government information about FOIL inquiries and agency
responses

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill adds a new section 90 to the public officers
law.

Subdivision 1 of the new section 90 requires state agencies that perform
governmental or proprietary functions for the state to submit to the

committee on open government a log of freedom of information law
requests for every year that those agencies have received or have pend-
ing such requests, and enumerates the content and format of such logs.

Subdivision 2 of the new section 90 outlines reporting requirements for
agencies that perform governmental or proprietary functions for munici-
palities.

Subdivision 3 of the new section 90 directs the committee on open
government to publish the FOIL request logs it receives in machine-read-
able format.

Subdivision 4 of the new section 90 requires the committee on open
government to provide in its annual report the total number of FOIL logs
submitted by agencies pursuant to the new sections 90.

Subdivision 5 of the new section 90 requires the committee to publish a
report outlining recommendations regarding changes to FOIL requirements.

Section two of the bill sets forth the effective date of the new section
90.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Since 1974, New York's Freedom of Information Law has allowed the public
to access a myriad of public documents and records, shining light on
what can be obscure or complicated government processes and decision-
making. Like its federal counterpart, New York's FOIL requests are a key
tool for the press, the public, and advocates to hold state and local
governments accountable to New Yorkers. Though FOIL is a crucial asset
for transparent government in New York, we have little understanding of
the full extent of its utilization. Agencies subject to New York's
public officers law are not required to report to the legislature or to
the public information, about how such requests are received, what
information is requested, and how such requests are responded to.


This bill would require all state and local agencies subject to the
public officers law to report basic information about their FOIL request
receipts and responses to the committee on open government, and tasks
the committee with making such information available to the public.
Agencies that did not have any new or pending FOIL requests in any given
year are not required to report. In finally collecting and publishing
data about utilization of and compliance under FOIL, this bill would
increase government transparency and accountability.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2026: A2321 (McDonald) - Passed Assembly

2025: S0452 (Hoylman-Sigal) - Referred to Investigation and Government
Operations

2025: A2321 (McDonald) - Passed Assembly

2024: S8671(Hoylman-Sigal) - Referred to Investigation and Government
Operations

2024: A9621 (McDonald) - Passed Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2025-S9739 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9739
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring  agen-
   cies  to  report  information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on
   open government

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section
 90-a and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   §  90.  FOIL REQUEST REPORTING.   1. ALL AGENCIES THAT PERFORM GOVERN-
 MENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS FOR THE STATE SUBJECT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE
 SHALL,  FOR  EACH  YEAR IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED OR HAVE PENDING A REQUEST
 FOR RECORDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE, SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN  GOVERN-
 MENT  THEIR LOG OF ALL SUCH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUESTS. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PENDING SHALL MEAN REQUESTS THAT WERE OPEN  AT
 ANY  POINT DURING THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, INCLUDING THOSE FIRST SUBMIT-
 TED IN PRIOR YEARS. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS SHALL:
   (A) COVER A TWELVE-MONTH RANGE OF DATES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE
 ON OPEN  GOVERNMENT  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  DATA  REGARDING  ALL  REQUESTS
 RECEIVED OR PENDING DURING THAT RANGE OF DATES;
   (B)  BE  SUBMITTED  ON  A SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT;
   (C) BE IN A MACHINE-READABLE, TABULAR SPREADSHEET FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY
 THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORDER
 OF THE DATA FIELDS INCLUDED;
   (D) BE SUBMITTED IN A METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE  COMMITTEE  ON  OPEN
 GOVERNMENT,  SUCH  AS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, WEB FORM, WEB PORTAL, OR OTHER
 METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE;
   (E) INCLUDE DATA PRESCRIBED AND  DEFINED  BY  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, BUT AT THE MINIMUM INCLUDING:
   (I) THE NAME OF THE REQUESTOR;
   (II) THE AFFILIATION AND/OR THE EMPLOYER OF THE REQUESTOR, IF APPLICA-
 BLE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01981-01-5
 S. 9739                             2
 
   (III) THE SUBJECT OR SUBJECTS OF THE REQUEST;
   (IV) THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE REQUEST;
   (V) THE DATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE AGENCY OF THE REQUEST;
   (VI)  THE  DATE  OF  THE  EXPECTED  RESPONSE  TIME  AS PROVIDED IN THE
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT;
   (VII) THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO RESPOND TO DATE;
   (VIII) THE DATE OF THE  FINAL  RESPONSE  OR  OF  THE  CLOSURE  OF  THE
 REQUEST, IF APPLICABLE;
   (IX)  WHETHER  THE  REQUEST  WAS GRANTED IN WHOLE; GRANTED IN PART AND
 DENIED IN PART; OR DENIED;
   (X) IF THE REQUEST  WAS  DENIED  IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART,  A  LIST  OF
 EXEMPTIONS CITED IN THE FINAL RESPONSE, IF APPLICABLE;
   (XI) IF THE REQUEST WAS DENIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WHETHER THE AGENCY
 DETERMINED THERE WERE NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS;
   (XII)  THE  DATE AN APPEAL OF THE FINAL RESPONSE WAS FILED, OR WHETHER
 NO APPEAL WAS FILED;
   (XIII) THE STATUS OF ANY APPEALS, INCLUDING WHETHER THE APPEAL WAS:
   (A) NOT FILED;
   (B) FILED AND PENDING;
   (C) FILED AND GRANTED IN WHOLE;
   (D) FILED AND GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART; OR
   (E) FILED AND DENIED;
   (XIV) A LIST OF EXEMPTIONS CITED IN AN APPEAL DENIAL, IF APPLICABLE;
   (XV) THE AMOUNT, IN DOLLARS, OF TOTAL FEES COLLECTED FROM REQUESTOR;
   (XVI) HOW MANY DOCUMENTS WERE PRODUCED;
   (XVII) HOW MANY PAGES WERE PRODUCED;
   (XVIII) WHETHER ANY OF THE PRODUCED DOCUMENTS WERE REDACTED;
   (XIX) WHETHER THE REQUEST WAS SUBJECT  TO  A  PROCEEDING  FILED  UNDER
 ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND IF SO:
   (A)  THE  RESULT,  INCLUDING  JUDGMENT  FOR  PETITIONER;  JUDGMENT FOR
 RESPONDENT; OR SETTLEMENT;
   (B) THE DATE OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT, WHETHER IT BE A FINAL JUDGMENT  OR
 STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO A SETTLEMENT;
   (C)  THE  AMOUNT  OF ATTORNEY FEES ASSESSED BY THE COURT TO BE PAID BY
 THE AGENCY, IF ANY;
   (D) THE DATE OF ANY APPEAL OF THE ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT JUDGMENT; AND
   (E) THE RESULT OF ANY APPEAL OF AN ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT JUDGMENT; AND
   (F) BE PUBLISHED ON THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
   2. AGENCIES THAT PERFORM GOVERNMENTAL  OR  PROPRIETARY  FUNCTIONS  FOR
 MUNICIPALITIES  SUBJECT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL SUBMIT ANNUALLY TO THE
 COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FREEDOM OF  INFORMATION
 REQUESTS  RECEIVED  IN  A  TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD BEGINNING NO EARLIER THAN
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, AND THE NUMBER OF  FREEDOM  OF
 INFORMATION  REQUESTS  CLOSED  IN SUCH TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD.  SUBMISSIONS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE FORMAT, METHOD, AND SCHEDULE AS  PRESCRIBED  BY
 THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT.
   3.  BY  JANUARY  FIRST  OF EACH YEAR, THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT
 SHALL PUBLISH, ON ONE WEBPAGE, ALL FREEDOM OF  INFORMATION  LAW  REQUEST
 LOGS  AND  MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT  SUBMISSIONS IT RECEIVES, IN A MACHINE-
 READABLE FORMAT SUCH AS A SPREADSHEET OR COMMA SEPARATED VALUE FILE,  IN
 ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER  FORMAT  IT  SHALL DETERMINE, AND SUCH LOGS AND
 SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE PRESERVED ON SUCH WEBPAGE. THE  COMMITTEE  AND  THE
 OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SHALL ADDITIONALLY PUBLISH AND
 PRESERVE  ROW-LEVEL  DATA OF SUCH LOGS AND SUBMISSIONS ON DATA.NY.GOV OR
 SUCH OTHER SUCCESSOR WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, THE  STATE,
 S. 9739                             3
 
 AS  DEEMED  APPROPRIATE BY THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 95 OF 2013, OR ANY SUCCESSOR AGENCY OR ORDER.
   4. THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL AT A MINIMUM PROVIDE, IN ITS
 ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TOTAL
 NUMBER  OF FOIL LOGS SUBMITTED BY AGENCIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND
 THE COMMITTEE SHALL FURTHER BE AUTHORIZED TO ANALYZE  THE  DATA  IN  THE
 FREEDOM  OF  INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS AND USE SUCH DATA AND ANALYSES
 THEREOF IN SUCH ANNUAL REPORT OR OTHER REPORTS OR ANALYSES.
   5. NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, THE COMMIT-
 TEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT PROVIDING  RECOMMENDATIONS
 REGARDING  THE  BENEFITS AND FEASIBILITY OF AGENCIES SUBJECT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF THIS SECTION SUBMITTING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST  LOGS
 TO  THE COMMITTEE. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL CONSIDER REQUIRING DATA TO
 BE PROVIDED REGARDING THE STATUS OF REQUESTS,  RESPONSE  TIMES,  USE  OF
 EXEMPTIONS,  WHETHER  RECORDS WERE PROVIDED IN FULL, IN PART, OR DENIED,
 AND ANY OTHER FIELDS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FOR STATE  AGENCIES.  SUCH
 REPORT  SHALL  BE PUBLISHED ON THE COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE AND ISSUED TO THE
 GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE  CHAIR  OF THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERN-
 MENT, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON  INVESTIGATIONS  AND
 GOVERNMENT  OPERATIONS,  THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON
 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON
 GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

2025-S9739A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2321
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8671, A9621

2025-S9739A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S9739A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9739A

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agen-
cies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open
government

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require agencies subject to the public officers law to report to the
committee on open government information about FOIL inquiries and agency
responses

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill adds a new section 90 to the public officers
law.

Subdivision 1 of the new section 90 requires state agencies that perform
governmental or proprietary functions for the state to submit to the

committee on open government a log of freedom of information law
requests for every year that those agencies have received or have pend-
ing such requests, and enumerates the content and format of such logs.

Subdivision 2 of the new section 90 outlines reporting requirements for
agencies that perform governmental or proprietary functions for munici-
palities.

Subdivision 3 of the new section 90 directs the committee on open
government to publish the FOIL request logs it receives in machine-read-
able format.

Subdivision 4 of the new section 90 requires the committee on open
government to provide in its annual report the total number of FOIL logs
submitted by agencies pursuant to the new sections 90.

Subdivision 5 of the new section 90 requires the committee to publish a
report outlining recommendations regarding changes to FOIL requirements.

Section two of the bill sets forth the effective date of the new section
90.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Since 1974, New York's Freedom of Information Law has allowed the public
to access a myriad of public documents and records, shining light on
what can be obscure or complicated government processes and decision-
making. Like its federal counterpart, New York's FOIL requests are a key
tool for the press, the public, and advocates to hold state and local
governments accountable to New Yorkers. Though FOIL is a crucial asset
for transparent government in New York, we have little understanding of
the full extent of its utilization.  Agencies subject to New York's
public officers law are not required to report to the legislature or to
the public information, about how such requests are received, what
information is requested, and how such requests are responded to.


This bill would require all state and local agencies subject to the
public officers law to report basic information about their FOIL request
receipts and responses to the committee on open government, and tasks
the committee with making such information available to the public.
Agencies that did not have any new or pending FOIL requests in any given
year are not required to report. In finally collecting and publishing
data about utilization of and compliance under FOIL, this bill would
increase government transparency and accountability.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2026: A2321 (McDonald) - Passed Assembly

2025: S0452 (Hoylman-Sigal) - Referred to Investigation and Government
Operations

2025: A2321 (McDonald) - Passed Assembly

2024: S8671(Hoylman-Sigal) - Referred to Investigation and Government
Operations

2024: A9621 (McDonald) - Passed Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2025-S9739A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9739--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agen-
   cies to report information about FOIL inquiries to  the  committee  on
   open government
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section
 90-a and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   § 90. FOIL REQUEST REPORTING.  1. ALL AGENCIES  THAT  PERFORM  GOVERN-
 MENTAL  OR  PROPRIETARY  FUNCTIONS FOR THE STATE SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL, FOR EACH YEAR IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED OR HAVE  PENDING  A  REQUEST
 FOR  RECORDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE, SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERN-
 MENT THEIR LOG OF ALL SUCH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUESTS. FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, PENDING SHALL MEAN REQUESTS THAT WERE OPEN AT
 ANY POINT DURING THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, INCLUDING THOSE FIRST  SUBMIT-
 TED IN PRIOR YEARS. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS SHALL:
   (A) COVER A TWELVE-MONTH RANGE OF DATES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE
 ON  OPEN  GOVERNMENT  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  DATA  REGARDING  ALL REQUESTS
 RECEIVED OR PENDING DURING THAT RANGE OF DATES;
   (B) BE SUBMITTED ON A SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED BY  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  OPEN
 GOVERNMENT;
   (C) BE IN A MACHINE-READABLE, TABULAR SPREADSHEET FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY
 THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORDER
 OF THE DATA FIELDS INCLUDED;
   (D)  BE  SUBMITTED  IN A METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, WEB FORM, WEB PORTAL,  OR  OTHER
 METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE;
   (E)  INCLUDE  DATA  PRESCRIBED  AND  DEFINED  BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, BUT AT THE MINIMUM INCLUDING:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01981-02-6
 S. 9739--A                          2

 
   (I) THE NAME OF THE REQUESTOR, OR AN INDICATION THAT THE REQUESTOR  IS
 A  "PRIVATE  INDIVIDUAL"  IF  THE REQUEST DID NOT INCLUDE AN AFFILIATION
 AND/OR EMPLOYER ON WHOSE BEHALF THE REQUEST WAS MADE;
   (II) THE AFFILIATION AND/OR THE EMPLOYER OF THE REQUESTOR, IF APPLICA-
 BLE;
   (III) THE SUBJECT OR SUBJECTS OF THE REQUEST;
   (IV) THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE REQUEST;
   (V) THE DATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE AGENCY OF THE REQUEST;
   (VI)  THE  DATE  OF  THE  EXPECTED  RESPONSE  TIME  AS PROVIDED IN THE
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT;
   (VII) THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO RESPOND TO DATE;
   (VIII) THE DATE OF THE  FINAL  RESPONSE  OR  OF  THE  CLOSURE  OF  THE
 REQUEST, IF APPLICABLE;
   (IX)  WHETHER  THE  REQUEST  WAS GRANTED IN WHOLE; GRANTED IN PART AND
 DENIED IN PART; OR DENIED;
   (X) IF THE REQUEST  WAS  DENIED  IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART,  A  LIST  OF
 EXEMPTIONS CITED IN THE FINAL RESPONSE, IF APPLICABLE;
   (XI) IF THE REQUEST WAS DENIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WHETHER THE AGENCY
 DETERMINED THERE WERE NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS;
   (XII)  THE  DATE AN APPEAL OF THE FINAL RESPONSE WAS FILED, OR WHETHER
 NO APPEAL WAS FILED;
   (XIII) THE STATUS OF ANY APPEALS, INCLUDING WHETHER THE APPEAL WAS:
   (A) NOT FILED;
   (B) FILED AND PENDING;
   (C) FILED AND GRANTED IN WHOLE;
   (D) FILED AND GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART; OR
   (E) FILED AND DENIED;
   (XIV) A LIST OF EXEMPTIONS CITED IN AN APPEAL DENIAL, IF APPLICABLE;
   (XV) THE AMOUNT, IN DOLLARS, OF TOTAL FEES COLLECTED FROM REQUESTOR;
   (XVI) HOW MANY DOCUMENTS WERE PRODUCED;
   (XVII) HOW MANY PAGES WERE PRODUCED;
   (XVIII) WHETHER ANY OF THE PRODUCED DOCUMENTS WERE REDACTED;
   (XIX) WHETHER THE REQUEST WAS SUBJECT  TO  A  PROCEEDING  FILED  UNDER
 ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, AND IF SO:
   (A)  THE  RESULT,  INCLUDING  JUDGMENT  FOR  PETITIONER;  JUDGMENT FOR
 RESPONDENT; OR SETTLEMENT;
   (B) THE DATE OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT, WHETHER IT BE A FINAL JUDGMENT  OR
 STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO A SETTLEMENT;
   (C)  THE  AMOUNT  OF ATTORNEY FEES ASSESSED BY THE COURT TO BE PAID BY
 THE AGENCY, IF ANY;
   (D) THE DATE OF ANY APPEAL OF THE ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT JUDGMENT; AND
   (E) THE RESULT OF ANY APPEAL OF AN ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT JUDGMENT; AND
   (F) BE PUBLISHED ON THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
   2.  BY JANUARY FIRST OF EACH YEAR, THE COMMITTEE  ON  OPEN  GOVERNMENT
 SHALL  PUBLISH,  ON  ONE WEBPAGE, ALL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST
 LOGS IT RECEIVES, IN A MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT SUCH AS A SPREADSHEET  OR
 COMMA  SEPARATED  VALUE  FILE,  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER FORMAT IT SHALL
 DETERMINE, AND SUCH LOGS AND SUBMISSIONS  SHALL  BE  PRESERVED  ON  SUCH
 WEBPAGE. THE COMMITTEE AND THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
 SHALL  ADDITIONALLY PUBLISH AND PRESERVE ROW-LEVEL DATA OF SUCH LOGS AND
 SUBMISSIONS ON DATA.NY.GOV OR SUCH OTHER  SUCCESSOR  WEBSITE  MAINTAINED
 BY,  OR  ON BEHALF OF, THE STATE, AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE OFFICE OF
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 95 OF 2013, OR ANY
 SUCCESSOR AGENCY OR ORDER.
   3. THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL AT A MINIMUM PROVIDE, IN ITS
 ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TOTAL
 S. 9739--A                          3
 
 NUMBER OF FOIL LOGS SUBMITTED BY AGENCIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,  AND
 THE  COMMITTEE  SHALL  FURTHER  BE AUTHORIZED TO ANALYZE THE DATA IN THE
 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS AND USE SUCH DATA  AND  ANALYSES
 THEREOF IN SUCH ANNUAL REPORT OR OTHER REPORTS OR ANALYSES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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