Government Records
New York State government information and resources on Government Records.
- Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) - Information about FOIL can be obtained from the Committee on Open Government, part of the New York State Department of State.
- Open Meetings Law (or "Sunshine" Law) - gives the public the right to attend meetings of public bodies, listen to the debates and watch the decisionmaking process in action.
- Agency Records Access Officers - Names and contact information for each agency's records access officer (or officers) appointed to coordinate an agency's response to public requests for records may be obtained from that agency. The Records Access Officers listing maintained on the NYS GILS is courtesy of the Committee on Open Government, which updates their list based on the information the State agencies send them. Therefore, the NYS GILS list shown below may not be the most current information available. You may also simply address your request to "Records Access Officer".
New York State Agency Records Access Officers
(Listed Alphabetically by Agency):
(Use your browser's "find" feature to locate an individual agency.)
Brian Ford
Records Access Officer
Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99, Route 86
Ray Brook, NY 12977
(518) 891-4050
Robert J. Boehlert
Records Access Officer
NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities
One Empire State Plaza, Suite 1001
Albany, NY 12223-1001
(518) 473-4609
Dan Degnan
Executive Deputy Director
NYS Office for the Aging
2 Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12223-1251
(518) 474-7012
Brian Vattino
Records Access Officer
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Agency Building 4 - 8th Floor
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY
(518) 486-4101
Jessica Chittenden
Records Access Officer
NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets
1 Winners Circle
Albany, NY 12235
(518) 457-2743
William Crowley
Director of Communication
NYS Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
84 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
Jennifer Farrell
Records Access Officer
Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services
1450 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203-3526
Sam Abrams, Records Access Officer
NYS Banking Department
One State Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 709-1656
Michael Yusko, Jr.
Records Access Officer
NYS Bridge Authority
P.O. Box 1010
Highland, NY 12528
(914) 691-7245
Kate Sheils
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of the Budget
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
(518) 474-4253
Appeals Officer - John Cape
Steven M. Share
Records Access Officer
Central NY Regional Transportation Authority
P.O. Box 820
Syracuse, NY 13205-0820
(315) 442-3358
Joseph Conway, Records Access Officer
Office of Children & Family Services
52 Washington Street
Rensselaer, NY 12144-2796
Jane R. Prus
Records Access Officer
NYS Dept. of Civil Service
Building #1
State Campus
Albany, NY 12239
(518) 457-6207
David Dumble
Consumer Protection Board
One Commerce Plaze
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 474-1472
Ray L. Freeman
Records Access Officer
Council on the Arts
915 Broadway - 8th Floor
New York, NY 10010-7199
(212) 387-7007
Brian Callahan
Public Information Officer
Commission of Correction
4 Tower Place
Stuyvesant Plaza
Albany, NY 12203-3764
(518) 485-2330
Daniel Martuscello
Darren Ayotte (?)
Records Access Officer
NYS Department of Correctional Services
Building 2
State Campus
Albany, NY 12226-2050
(518) 485-0811
Everett A. Mayhew, Jr.
Records Access Officer
Crime Victims Board
845 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
(518) 457-8066
Valerie Friedlander
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
Executive Park Tower
Stuyvesant Plaza
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 457-6699
Paul J. Burgdorf
Records Access Officer
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York
515 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
Nellie Perez
Records Access Officer
State Education Department
RM 121
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 474-5836 Fax: 486-5776
Lee Daghlian
State Board of Elections
Swan St. Bldg., Core 1
Albany, NY 12223-1650
(518) 474-1953
Lisa Bonacci, Records Access Officer
Empire State Development Corp./Economic Dev.Corp.
1 Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12245
(518) 292-5120
Antovk Pidejian, Records Access Officer
633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6754
(212) 803-3100
Tom Collins
Manager of Technical Communications
NYS Energy Research Development Authority
17 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 12203-6399
(518) 862-1090
(518) 464-8249 (Fax)
Ruth Earl - rlear@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Records Access Officer
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Office of Public Affairs
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233
(518) 402-8000
(518) 402-2791
Environmental Facilities Corp.
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207-2997
(518) 402-6969
Ryan T. McAllister
Assistant Counsel
Executive Chamber
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
(518) 474-8434
Mauro J. Lapetina
Records Access Officer
Facilities Development Corporation
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 474-3700
Christine Burling
Office of General Services
Corning Tower - 41st Floor
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12242
(518) 473-7345
Michael N. Volforte
Assistant Counsel
Governor's Office of Employee Relations
Agency Building 2
Empire State Plaza, Suite 1201
Albany, NY 12223-1250
(518) 473-4596
mvolforte@goer.state.ny.us
NYS Higher Education Services Corp.
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12255
(518) 473-1264
Kathleen Sanvidge, Records Access Officer
Robert (Jake) LoCicero 474-8021
NYS Dept. of Health
Corning Tower
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12237
(518) 486-2508
Appeals Officer - Valerie A. Weaver - 474-5237
Georgia Palmieri
Div. of Housing & Community Renewal
25 Beaver Street
New York, NY 10044
(212) 480-6720
Shalper@dhcr.state.ny.us
See next page for Rent Administration RAO
Angelique Joseph
Div. of Housing & Community Renewal
Office of Rent Administration
Gertz Plaza
92531 Union Hall Street
Jamaica, NY 11433
David Diamond
Counsel's Office
Div. Of Housing & Community Renewal
38-40 State Street
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 473-2517
Sari Halper (NYC Office)
(212) 480-6720
Richard Brill
Records Access Officer
Division of Human Rights
One Fordham Plaza
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 741-8422
Larry Fuchsberg or Sally Geisel
Records Access Officer
NYS Insurance Department
25 Beaver Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 480-5299
Jeff Ritter
Records Access Officer
State Insurance Fund
199 Church Street
New York, NY
(212) 312-7837
Ann Ryan
Records Access Officer
NYS Commission on Investigation
59 Maiden Lane, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10038
(212) 577-0729J
Jean M. Savanyu
Records Access Officer
NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
61 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
(212) 949-8860
Jerome Tracy
Records Access Officer
NYS Department of Labor
State Campus - Bldg. 12
Albany, NY 12240
(518) 457-4380
Stacy Rowland - 402-4459
Records Access Officer
NYS Department of Law
State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
Terry Schulz - 474-3769
Joe Wilson - NYC - (212) 416-8171
Appeals Officer - Tom Litzky
(212) 416-6173
Michelle Mattiske
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Lottery
One Broadway Center
Schenectady, NY 12301
(518) 388-3408
Nicolena P. Barone
Records Access Officer
Office of Mental Health
c/o CDPC
Unit Q
75 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 473-5812
John Shave
Records Access Officer
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12229
(518) 474-6601
Ann Cutler - 212-878-7315
Freedom of Information Officer
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
347 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 878-7173 (Victoria Clement)
(212)878-0296 (Jill Oberlander)
Bill Watson
Records Access Officer
NYS Div. of Military & Naval Affairs
330 Old Niskayuna Road
Latham, NY 12110
(518) 786-4817
Brad Hanscom, Records Access Officer
(518) 474-0621
Ida Trashen - FOIL Attorney - (518) 486-3131
Deborah Dugan, Appeals Officer (518) 474-4065
NYS Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Swan Street Building
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12228
Deborah C. Leous
Chief Financial Officer
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
181 Ellicott Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 855-7250
Danny B. Loughney
Executive Director
Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority
Bridge Plaza
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
(315) 393-4080
Ginny Valenzi
Olympic Regional Development Authority
218 Main Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-1655
Thomas McCarthy
Records Access Officer
Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Agency Building 1
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12238
Records Access Officer
NYS Division of Parole
97 Central Avenue
Albany, NY
(518) 473-5671
Kathleen Bincoletto, FOI Administrator
Port Authority of NY & NJ
225 Park Avenue South, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 435-2542
(212) 435-7555 - Fax
Mary Jean Frank - Frank.m@NYPA.gov
Associate Secretary
New York Power Authority
123 Main Street
White Plains, NY 10602
(914) 681-6824
Albany - (518) 433-6730
Steven Blow, Assistant Counsel
NYS Dept. of Public Service
3 Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12223-1350
(518) 474-6955
Gary W. Masline, JD MSW
Records Access Officer
NYS Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled
99 Washington Ave. - Suite 1002
Albany, NY 12210-2895
Nicole Thuillez
Records Access Officer
NYS Racing & Wagering Board
1 Watervliet Ave. Extension - Suite 2
Albany, NY 12206-1668
(518) 453-8460
Fax - (518) 453-8492
Ronald P. Romano
Records Access Officer
NYS Science & Technology Foundation
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 474-4873
Larry Sombke
NYS Department of State
41 State Street
Albany, NY 12231
(518) 486-9846
Shelly Brown
Records Access Officer
Office of the State Comptroller
110 State Street, 15th Floor
Albany, NY 12236
(518) 474-4015
Lai Sun Yee
Records Access Officer
State Emergency Management Office
1220 Washington Ave., Bldg. 22
Albany, NY
(518) 457-8913
l.yee@semo.state.ny.us
Captain Laurie Wagner
New York State Police
State Campus - Bldg. 22
Albany, NY 12226
Leah M. Powers
Records Access Officer
State University Construction Fund
353 Broadway
Albany, NY 12246
Jennifer LoTurco
Executive Director of Special Projects
Administration Services
State University of New York
State University Plaza
Albany, NY 12246
(518) 443-5805
Christina Seifert or Susan Hutchison
Robin VanValkenburgh, Secretary for Office
Records Access Office - Room 100
NYS Department of Taxation & Finance
State Campus - Bldg. 9
Albany, NY 12227
(518) 485-6250
John Cardillo
Records Access Officer
NYS Teachers' Retirement System
10 Corporate Woods Drive
Albany, NY 12211-2395
(518) 447-2910
Tom Smith
Records Access Officer
Office for Technology
Swan Street Building
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12223
Howard Grieves
Records Access Officer
NY Temporary State Commission on Lobbying
2 Empire State Plaza - Suite 1701
Albany, NY 12223-1254
(518) 474-7126
(518) 473-6492 - Fax
Jill Warner
Records Access Officer
NYS Thruway Authority
200 Southern Boulevard
Albany, NY 12201-0189
(518) 436-3000
Gail Rogers
Records Access Officer
NYC Transit Authority
130 Livingston Street
12th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718)330-3000
John Dearstyne
Records Access Officer
NYS Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road - 6th Florr
Albany, NY 12232-0524
(518) 485-8046
Patrick J. Cremo
Records Access Officer
Workers' Compensation Board
Office of General Counsel
20 Park Street
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 486-7676
(518) 402-0113 (Fax)
Karl Luntta, Director of Media Relations
SUNY/Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
(518) 437-4980
