🧰 Public Records Hub

The Gutter Report’s toolkit for pulling government documents—state and federal—without a lawyer.

🗂️ Guides

    •    🧾 FOIL Guide: How to Force Public Records

    •    ⚖️ PACER Guide: How to Pull Federal Court Records (Coming soon)

• 🚔 Police Incident FOIL Template

• 🎥 Body Cam FOIL Template

• 👨🏻‍⚖️ DA Communications FOIL Template

🧭 Where to File (Portals)

• 🧾 Open FOIL NY (State)

• 🏙️ NYC OpenRecords (City)

If you don’t see your agency in a portal, file by email to the agency’s Records Access Officer.

🧠 Tools & Workflow

    •    📌 How to write a FOIL that won’t get ignored

    •    ⏳ How to follow up + appeal denials

    •    🧾 How to organize FOIL receipts + response PDFs

    •    🔎 PACER basics (coming soon)

📨 Need help submitting a FOIL?

If you need help writing, narrowing, or submitting a request, reach out. The Gutter Justice Project can point you in the right direction.