Lack of implementation of eviction moratorium and Due Process
Dear New Jersey Attorney General's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access.
Records requested:
-Justification of Jackson township police department violating your ATTORNEY GENERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE NO 2021-2 and not Protecting Tenants from this Illegal Eviction and lack of Due Process
-Jackson Township court orders to evacuate 130 Pushkin Rd Jackson NJ for condemned building
-Police records for 130 Pushkin Rd Jackson NJ for condemned building July 12th, 13th and 14th 2021
-Jackson Township Fire department code officials record for 130 Pushkin Rd Jackson NJ for condemned building July
12th 2021
-Jackson township Housing Code Enforcement records for 130 Pushkin Rd Jackson NJ for condemned building January 2020 to July 2021
-Department of Community Affairs inspection reports for 130 Pushkin Rd Jackson NJ for January 2020 to July 2021
-Ocean county court orders to evacuate 130 Pushkin Rd Jackson NJ for condemned building or lack thereof.
Yours faithfully,
John Paul Soric
Good morning.
Please be advised that pursuant to regulation, N.J.A.C. 13:1E-2 submission of OPRA records requests to the Department of Law & Public Safety by e-mail is not permitted. N.J.A.C. 13:1E-2.4(a) states: "Written Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests shall be hand-delivered during normal business hours of the public agency, mailed or submitted electronically to the appropriate division or agency custodian of records over the Internet by means of a web-enabled OPRA request form [. . .] Submission of requests by e-mail or facsimile transmission is not permitted." For these reasons, I am not able to accept your email below as a valid request for access to government records. OPRA requests can be submitted to this Department's various Divisions via the online request form at: https://www-njlib.state.nj.us/NJ_OPRA/de....
Should you choose to resubmit your request, please note that the records you have requested would not be within the Office of the Attorney General's possession. The police records, the fire department code official records, and housing code enforcement records for 130 Pushkin Rd would likely be within the possession of the local Jackson Township authorities to the extent that such records exist. You will need to contact Jackson Township directly for access to any such records. A link to Jackson Township's OPRA request form can be found at the bottom of the their website: https://jacksontwpnj.net/.
For the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) inspection reports, any such reports would be in DCA's possession. You can submit a records request directly to DCA via the online portal: https://www-njlib.state.nj.us/NJ_OPRA/de.... Select "Community Affairs" from the first drop-down menu. Next, select the unit that may have the records you are seeking. The email addresses for the DCA Records Custodians can be found at: https://www.nj.gov/dca/services/opra.html.
For copies of Court Orders, please note that the Judiciary is not subject to OPRA, but has a separate process for providing court records. You can find information on requesting court records on the Judiciary's website at: https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/superior....
Finally, I have forwarded your email to the Attorney General's Office of Constituent Services. If there is an appropriate party to forward your concerns to regarding complaints over the eviction, the Office of Constituent Services will forward to that person. If you wish to contact Constituent Services directly, their email is: [email address].
Ivonnely Colon-Fung, Deputy Attorney General
Law & Public Safety Custodian of Records
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex
25 Market Street, P.O. Box 081
Trenton, N.J. 08625
[email address]