New York Law Jornal: Some in the legal community can neither confirm nor deny that the New York City Police Department’s policy of using the so-called Glomar doctrine as an exemption to open records requests is a good thing. Read More
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Some in the legal community can neither confirm nor deny that the New York City Police Department’s policy of using the so-called Glomar doctrine as an exemption to open records requests is a good thing. New York Law Journal. Read More.
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The Record North Jersey: Around the country, Muslims seeking places to pray say they have faced religious slurs, online attacks and fierce opposition at public hearings. They claim rising anti-Muslim sentiment and fear is driving towns and cities to unfairly deny their applications to build or open mosques by applying unreasonably strict zoning rules to
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New York Daily News: The NYPD wants to torpedo a request for information about its surveillance methods by citing a national security argument first employed during the CIA’s construction of a deep sea vessel during the Cold War. Read More
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Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC, (“OTMLAW”) has filed its reply brief on behalf of Talib W. Abdur-Rashid and Samir Hashmi against the New York Police Department. The reply brief challenges both the NYPD’s use of the Glomar in Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) requests and the NYPD’s use of the Handschu Guidelines as a
The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and activists with Millions March NYC sued the New York Police Department after the department refused to confirm or deny the existence of records on Black Lives Matter activists. ShadowProof: Here
The City of Yonkers takes another adverse action against our client, the Islamic Center for Mid-Westchester (ICCMW). This time the city retaliated against ICCMW by revoking its tax-exempt status for filing RUIPLA and constitutional federal claims. On May 17, 2017, OTMLAW filed a leave of court to file an amended complaint to add retaliation claims.
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This matter arises originally from a decision by the Respondents– Respondents, the New York Police Department (hereinafter referred to as “NYPD”) to deny two separate record requests by the Petitioners–Appellants (Talib W. Abdur-Rashid and Samir Hashmi) pursuant to the New York State Freedom of Information Law (New York State Public Officer Law (“POL”), Article 6,
Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC, (“OTMLAW”) is pleased to announce that an [Amici Curiae brief) (friend of the court brief) of 31 media organizations, including but not limited Bloomberg L.P. and Forbes, the New York Times, the Daily News and the Reporters Committee For the Freedom of the Press, is filed with the