{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-15-1","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Senate Rules Rule 15, § 1","heading":"Publication of records relating to Senate legislative and administrative records","body":"Section 1.  a.  Publication of records relating to Senate legislative\nand  administrative  records.  Recognizing  that   legislative   records\navailable  by  request  under  the  \"freedom  of information law\" are of\nimportant public interest, the Senate shall  make  available  through  a\nsearchable  and  sortable  database  on  the  Senate website: records of\ncommittees, agendas, votes, minutes, reports, attendance, fiscal  notes,\nand  records of the chamber including, active lists, votes, transcripts,\ncalendars, the Senate payroll report and expenditure reports.\n  b. Furthermore all such records  listed  in  subdivision  a  shall  be\navailable  for  public  inspection  and  copying  in accordance with the\nprovisions of Article 6 of the Public  Officers  Law,  \"the  freedom  of\ninformation law.\"\n  c.   The Secretary of the Senate shall be the repository for all rules\nand regulations  regarding  public  inspection  and  copying  of  Senate\nrecords.  Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  pertain to the times and\nplaces such records are available, the persons from  whom  such  records\nmay  be obtained, the fees for copies of such records and the procedures\nto be followed.\n  d. Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  increase  the\nlegislative  requirements  set forth in subdivision 2 or 3 of section 88\nof the public officers law.","path":["Senate Rules","Rule 15. Freedom of Information"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CMS/R15S1","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"c24b3597dfb54fc68d2dcfdbdd52df00ced10fe2a6782ca4c7063580ea8278cc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-14-2","next":"us-ny/n.y.-senate-rules-rule-16-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}