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ALBANY — Two proposed measures in the state Legislature would amend New York’s Open Meetings Law and ensure municipalities provide proper access to public documents and data — especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. Bill No. A.1228/S.01150 would require all documents used or discussed during a public municipal meeting to be posted online at least 24 hours beforehand. It would also require municipalities to stream the meeting on the governmental body’s website to a practicable extent, post a video of the meeting on its website within five business d...

4:32 This is Sunshine Week, a nationwide celebration of free press and open government. As a way to shine the light brighter, a New York state assemblymember from the Hudson Valley has introduced two bills to amend the Open Meetings Law and the Freedom of Information Law. The New York Coalition for Open Government, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to transparency in government, celebrated Sunshine Week, in part, by recognizing National Freedom of Information Day March 16. Democratic state Assemblymember Amy Paulin of Scarsdale joined a virtual press conference the day before. �...

Scotia, Cobleskill get low grade on Open Meeting Laws; Mayors dispute rankings | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS “I think we’re doing what they asked for,” said Scotia Mayor Tom Gifford on Thursday. The New York Coalition for Open Government released a report and held a press conference Thursday morning detailing its findings on 20 villages throughout the state. The report states that half the villages looked at in the study did not adhere to Open Meetings Laws in relation to posting agendas and agenda documents. The village of Scotia earned a grade of D. “Truthfully I think getting a D g...

Village of Fredonia New York State has an Open Meetings Law. A new report from the state Coalition for Open Government suggests that doesn’t matter much, since there is no enforcement and if you don’t know what’s coming up at the meeting or don’t know what happened afterwards, how valuable is it? The study says almost all of a sampling of villages statewide don’t pay much attention to the Open Meetings Law and this means the public doesn’t know what’s going on. "The real problem here, as we mentioned in our report, is the lack of information being provided to the public," said...

GENESEO – The village of Geneseo earned an “F” in a recent study of transparency in village governments across New York State.