Transparency Thursday: Cornell’s Private Police and the FOIL Blind Spot
Cornell’s police department has the powers of a municipal force but is exempt from New York’s Freedom of Information Law. The Jane Doe case shows why that has to change.
Cornell’s police department has the powers of a municipal force but is exempt from New York’s Freedom of Information Law. The Jane Doe case shows why that has to change.
Chicago’s recent responses to several of our FOIA requests, across a wide range of city departments, show a troubling pattern and suggest a dim future
On September 14, 2026, the Chicago Justice Project submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Chicago Police Department seeking the underlying data behind
Back in August, the Chicago Justice Project filed two related FOIA requests with the City of Chicago’s Department of Finance, seeking records on litigation involving
On March 27, 2026, the Chicago Police Department released the “Report on the Workforce Allocation Study,” a document prepared by Matrix Consulting Group that is
Last month, we told you about a new set of FOIA requests we filed with the Chicago Department of Law, seeking records on how the