Open Records Request 0343
Open Records Request
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Under the Public Records Act, I formally request a current list of all residential properties in your city that are currently vacant or abandoned. If the property used to be vacant and no longer is, please do not include
Please provide requested records in Excel format if available.
If up-to-date data is not available, please provide the most recently available information.
Please include a Record Index with your response.
*A record index that identifies each record requested and the specific legal basis for a denial of access (including redactions) to each record.
Thank you,
Jack Smith
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request on May 10, 2021. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is May 19, 2021 response to your request is being
provided to you on the 5^th business day upon the Township’s receipt of
the request.
The following records are being provided in their entirety and are the
ONLY documents in the Township’s possession responsive to your request:
1. From the Township’s Fire Department: List of vacant properties (1
page)
These records are being transmitted to you via email, as per your request.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfulfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny
access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at
[1][email address], or at their website at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc.
The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions
regarding complaints filed in the Superior Court should be directed to the
Court Clerk in your County.
Thank you,
Cathy Finkler
Deputy Municipal Clerk
Township of Bloomfield
Telephone: 973-680-4015
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc
Dear Catherine M. Finkler,
Thank you for providing the requested information, it is greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Jack Smith