New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle CC - Division of Parole
Part 8008 - Public Access To Records
Section 8008.5 - Procedures for requesting and obtaining records
Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 8008.5
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Manner of making requests.
(1) A request for access for division
records, except case records which are governed by section
8000.5 of this
Subtitle, shall be made in writing to the records access officer.
(2) A request for access to records should
reasonably describe the record sought.
(b) Manner of responding to request.
(1) Within five workdays after receipt of a
written request for a division record, the records access officer shall
determine the status of such record and shall respond in writing by either:
(i) approving the request;
(ii) denying the request;
(iii) acknowledging receipt of the request
and stating therein the reasons for the delay and the estimated date by which
the request will be approved or denied.
(2) Where the records access officer
determines that the record is both within the division's custody and
releasable, he shall:
(i) produce the record
for inspection at his office and, if so requested and upon payment of the
appropriate fee, shall make and certify a copy of the record; and
(ii) advise the applicant that the record is
in the division's custody and make arrangements for inspection or copying at a
later time.
(3) Records
shall be inspected in the presence of the records access officer or his
designee, and may not be removed from the place of inspection without his
permission.
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