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ny_ab10035-sb7728_94.notice

May 1994 post regarding "NY State info access - NOT a money issue" New York's legislature is in favor of sunshine laws - unless there is a way to stonewall them. It took a while for Capitol insiders to find a way of attacking A.10035/S.7728. This legislation was introduced March 1 and would make the text of bills, member's voting records and similar information freely available to all citizens, via public information networks. The legislature's Bill Drafting Commission has been selling this information to lobbyists and special-interest groups for years. Now the commission is protesting that if it has to give the information away, their revenue (they claim a million dollars!) will dry up and will have to be replaced by taxpayer dollars.

ny_ab10035_94_alert.old

A bill was just introduced in the NY Assembly to make public information freely and timely available, via "the most-accessible and least-cost public network" i.e., the Internet. Bill A10035 was referred to the Assembly's Governmental Operations Committee, where it is certain to die unless there is a massive input from concerned citizens. Any New Yorkers reading this should call or write their assemblyperson to urge immediate action on this bill.

ny_ab10035_94.bill

full text of bill described above

ny_ab10035_94.memo

Delegate's Summary of bill described above

ny_sb7728_94_alert.old

april 1994 information regarding s.7728 by state Senators Thomas Libous and Michael Nozzolio, both members of the senior chamber's Republican majority, the bill would allow anyone with a computer and modem to get details of legislative votes, entire texts of bills and their plain-language explanations, committee hearing schedules and other information.

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link to directory of info on Internet censorship legislation in New York state.

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