Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1996-2017
In 2016, Reclaim The Records filed a successful FOIL request that obtained the first-ever public copy of the New York City marriage license index for 1930-1995. [...]
In 2016, Reclaim The Records filed a successful FOIL request that obtained the first-ever public copy of the New York City marriage license index for 1930-1995. [...]
In September 2017, Reclaim The Records made a new FOIL request of the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH), asking for the first-ever public copy of the basic index to all births in New [...]
We won our Freedom of Information request for the New York State marriage index for 1881-1965! But then the New York State Department of Health refused to hand over the post-1965 marriage [...]
This list of names is exactly what it sounds like, a list of everyone in New York City who was legally registered to vote in the 1924 election. It was originally compiled by the New York City [...]
All New York City birth certificates that are more than 100 years old are supposed to be open to the public. Yet the New York City Department of Health has inexplicably failed to transfer these [...]
On January 3, 2016, Reclaim The Records submitted a FOIL request to the New York State Department of Health for a copy of the entire New York City death index, from June 1880 [...]
Using the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), Reclaim The Records won the first-ever public access to the 1930-1995 marriage index for New York City, over five [...]
Reclaim The Records' first FOIL request, our pilot project, was an attempt to get access under the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) to the index to some old [...]
Here's the official video of our intrepid attorney-by-day (and genealogist-by-night) Michael Moritz bravely arguing (and winning!) our case at the NY Court of Appeals, in case you want to see an episode of "Law and Order: Special Genealogy Unit".
We won the New York State Death Index, 1880-2017! A big, big win for open records in New York State! -
@ReclaimTheRecs That is incredible, huge congratulations!! ππ What an amazing victory for access, transparency, and genealogists everywhere. πͺπ From all of us at the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, weβre cheering you on and celebrating this win right alongside you!
.@ReclaimTheRecs #LetFreedomRing
#NY #NYC
You guys...? We did it. π₯°
We won the FULL NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX FOR 1880-2017!
We beat the largest government agency in the state of New York (@HealthNYGov), in the highest court of the state, through a Freedom of Information Law (#FOIL) suit. π
big big big news that's been YEARS in the making
and tomorrow's the day when we're finally going to tell you guys all about it
but for tonight, enjoy a little hint (lawyer-approved) π
We know you've all been oh-so-patiently waiting for our promised press release about that "big case that we won".
But look, we didn't want to send it out right before a three-day weekend!
Hang on, very good news is coming soon. π
We just got big news in our biggest-ever lawsuit. π³
AND ITβS GOOOOOOOD
press release dropping soon
Another update! The bill we helped develop and are supporting, to get scanned New York State historical records PUT ONLINE, to enshrine the indices as OPEN under state #FOIL, and to ENSURE access to historic records is moving! More progress!
https://assembly.ny.gov/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&leg_video=&bn=A08314&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Memo=Y&LFIN=Y&Chamber%26nbspVideo%2FTranscript=Y
We already have an update on the newly-proposed law we're supporting in the New York State Legislature, the one we just told everyone about in our latest newsletter:
It now has a corresponding Assembly number (A08314) and sponsor: @AmyPaulin, Chair of the Committee on Health! π₯°
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