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Q: I’m a documentary producer researching a 1989 criminal case of Daniel Rakowitz. I requested the case files and court transcript for this trial from the New York State Supreme Court Clerk’s Office. At the time that the files were supposed to be delivered, I was informed that the case files and court transcript had been located offsite for storage and were destroyed in a fire. According to reportage by the New York Daily News, the

Q:  I’m a journalist who filed a request for police reports with the Police Department, seeking information about certain incidents and arrests involving stolen firearms. When the records officer called me to clarify what kind of information I was seeking, I told her I wished to receive basic information — such time, date, location, etc. — but also a narrative summary of the incident or arrest and a description of the firearm involved, to include

Q: I serve on a five-member special district board. Early this month, I attempted to bring public awareness to a hazardous condition on public property leased by a developer during a publicly noticed joint advisory committee meeting. The County DA is threatening me with a Brown Act violation for attempting to speak out. I never actually made my comment during the committee meeting because the committee walked out of the meeting three times and blocked me