Opra Request
Dear Hillsdale Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Tax Delinquent
- A list of all property addresses that have an unpaid property tax bill for the last 12 months. Please also include in the list or separately a list of properties whose property tax bill was liened against the property.
Water Shut Off / Utility Liens
- A list of all property addresses that have had their water bill liened against the property, have failed to pay their water bill, or have had the water shut off at any point in the last 6 months.
Fire Damage List
- A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days.
Code Violation
- A list of property addresses that have received any code violations in the last 6 months
Vacant List
- A list of all properties that the city deems to be currently vacant or abandoned.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Nathan
The Borough has received your OPRA request on 1/20/2026 and I am responding to you on the 1st business day. Your request sought the following with the responses below:
You requested the following with the responses below:
Tax Delinquents - past 6 months - see attached
Water Shut Off/Utility Liens - water is private - no record found
Fire Damage list - Please contact the fire chief at [email address] as we have a volunteer fire department and records are not kept at the Borough.
Code Violation - see below
Vacant list - no record found
Code Violations since 6/20/2025
318 Broadway 1501/3 site violation
30 Kinderkamack Rd 1314/3 business in residential zone
37 Pascack Rd 504/49 parking on the lawn
7 Columbus Ave 1620/2 property
283 Cambridge Rd 2308/2 Property/sanitation/rodent
Your request is now closed.
Denise Kohan,
R.M.C., QPA, C.M.R.
Municipal Clerk/Registrar of Vital Statistics
Qualified Purchasing Agent
Borough of Hillsdale
380 Hillsdale Avenue
Hillsdale, NJ 07642
201-666-4800 ext. 1552
www.hillsdalenj.org