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Resident challenges council rules on informational meetings and access to legal opinions
Summary
A resident and longtime attendee said council rules and corporation counsel responses limit public access to information and asked for clearer timelines and public distribution of responses; council staff said written follow-ups will be provided under the meeting chair's timeline.
Laurie Sandow, a longtime Poughkeepsie resident who attends charter review meetings, criticized the common council's procedures for informational meetings and said the council's new rule 23 narrows public access. Sandow said she asked for legal opinions and FOIL records and was told by the corporation counsel that legal opinions are exempt from disclosure under attorney-client privilege and "This…
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