PCLI queries Nassau, Suffolk Police over FOIL issues
The Press Club of Long Island has been working to break down recently erected barriers to basic Nassau and Suffolk county police information that is legally open to the public for review.
View ArticleSuffolk Police-Media Advisory panel debuts with PCLI help
A court-ordered committee designed to improve relations between Suffolk County police and local media after an officer improperly arrested a photojournalist held its first meeting recently. The Suffolk...
View ArticleLong Island governments get a C in Press Club Open Records Report Card
An unprecedented audit by the Press Club of Long Island on the responsiveness of 195 municipalities and agencies to New York State Freedom of Information Law requirements revealed almost two-thirds...
View ArticleSPJ statement on Islandia secrecy bill
This proposed ordinance is simply crazy. I believe that if this law were to be enacted it would make Islandia the laughing stock of New York, and the country, and cost taxpayers thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleIslandia tables open access bill
It has been reported that the village of Islandia has tabled its discussion of a proposed ordinance to ban audio and video Hair. When blue free propecia sample help spraying for value pharmaceuticals...
View ArticlePCLI gets kudos from SPJ
From SPJ’s newsletter: ABSURDIA IN ISLANDIA Journalists and the general public on Long Island are scratching their heads after one municipal body, the Islandia Village Board, briefly considered banning...
View ArticleHistory of the PCLI Media Awards
Here’s a little something just in about the history of the PCLI Media Awards from former president Vicky Penner Katz Whitaker: History of the Awards I believe the first awards were presented in 1982....
View ArticleSuffolk Police F.O.I.L. forms go online
The Suffolk County Police Department announced that Freedom of Information Law (F.O.I.L.) requests for police and motor vehicle crash reports can now be made online through the police department’s...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary passes Shield Law bill
Dear SPJ members, We’d like to share this breaking news with you about one of the issues SPJ has been tracking closely for several years: The shield law bill, S. 448, has passed the Senate Judiciary...
View ArticlePCLI sponsors Freedom of Information workshop
The Press Club of Long Island and Society of Professional Journalists sponsored a free freedom of information workshop in Southampton, N.Y. on Wednesday. Access Across America is a national FOI...
View ArticlePCLI queries Nassau, Suffolk Police over FOIL issues
The Press Club of Long Island has been working to break down recently erected barriers to basic Nassau and Suffolk county police information that is legally open to the public for review. Reporters...
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