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Community Board 11 executives raise privacy concerns about posting applicant contact information with agendas
Summary
Committee members urged the board to stop publishing applications attached to public agendas, citing private contact details and noting a comparable practice by the SLA; staff said records would be provided if requested under public-records rules and redacted as needed.
At the April 17 Community Board 11 executive committee meeting, members questioned whether the board should publish applications with contact information alongside committee agendas, saying the documents sometimes include private contact details that could put applicants at risk.
A committee member noted that the State Liquor Authority (SLA) does not publish application materials publicly, and called for the board to follow a similar practice. Board staff said that if the board receives a records request for the applications, it would have to provide them under public-records rules and then determine whether to redact personal contact details.
Members asked staff to consider not posting applications as attachments to public agendas going forward. The discussion did not produce a formal policy change; members said the issue should be revisited and that staff would weigh privacy concerns against public-records obligations.
The transcript does not specify the exact types of contact details included in the applications or the number of applications currently posted. Board members said they would consider limiting online publication of application attachments or redacting contact fields if they must be made public.
