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In 2013, North Jersey Media sought records from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office relating to a Catholic priest who had not been arrested or charged with a crime. The agency denied the request and neither confirmed nor denied the existence of records responsive to it. The media outfit sued and lost at the trial level. Read More …
UPDATE (5/16/2018): An Appellate Court ruled today that the right to request records under OPRA is not limited to New Jersey residents. The ruling upheld a lower court opinion in Burlington County and reversed those in Cape May and Atlantic Counties. The three cases were consolidated for the purpose of the Appellate review. In the Read More …
A recent exchange between NJFOG’s John Paff and the Borough of Leonia, a Bergen County borough with a population of about 9000, concerns the municipality’s various shortcomings with regard to the Open Public Meetings Act. Paff was notified by resident Roland Weimer about a letter from Borough Attorney Douglas M. Bern that claimed that minutes from Read More …
UPDATE (9/10/2016): See bottom of post. — The pivotal question of whether or not a public agency can respond to a request for records by neither confirming nor denying that they exist is before the NJ Appellate Division. -NJFOG NorthJersey.com Nov. 17, 2015 By SALVADOR RIZZO State House Bureau | The Record (Full article here and Read More …
In line with our mission to improve accessibility to public records, NJFOG, working through one of its officers, has made it easier for members of the public to request records from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. – NJFOG Many public agencies have their own Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request form that they prefer you Read More …