Nassau police held in contempt of court over $100k phone directory
Nassau County and its police department were held in contempt of court this month for ignoring an order from a panel of appellate judges to hand over a document it has spent four years fighting to keep secret.The battle over the office directory, which contains only work numbers and government email addresses, started as a records request by a Gothamist reporter in 2020. Nassau argued that turning over the directory was an invasion of privacy.
A spokesperson for Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, named in the judge’s contempt order, did not respond to messages seeking comment. The department has been But Nassau County has yet to turn over the directory despite multiple court orders, and the county neither acknowledged nor responded to the civil contempt motion.
Meanwhile, New Jersey's Democratic state Legislature is trying to limit that state's records laws further. “Right now, agencies are more likely to take a chance and gamble in court that even if they have to turn records over, maybe a judge won't force them to pay the fees,” Rachel Faus, policy adviser for Reinvent Albany, a group advocating for government accountability, said in a phone interview. “Passing this bill makes it much more mandatory for fees to be paid. It creates a bigger cost for the agencies and it will make sure that the public is more likely to get the records in the first place.
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