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Google’s “Research Project” with NYC’s Department of Records and Information Services
In January of 2019, Reclaim The Records obtained copies of approximately two years of the daily Microsoft Outlook calendars for several New York City employees working at the Department of [...]
New York City death certificates 1949-1968 and nullification of NYC DOH records access rules
We're suing New York City for the first-ever public access to the scanned images of ~1.6 million NYC death certificates for New Yorkers who died between 1949-1968, which is 50 to 75 years ago. [...]
Index to New York City domestic partnership records, 1993-2017
This New York State Freedom of Information (FOIL) request is coming soon. Stay tuned!
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. [...]
List of Registered Voters in New York City for 1924
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 [...]
New York City Birth Certificates, 1910-1917
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 [...]
Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1930-1995
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 [...]