The Croton Chronicle Legal Fund

The Croton Chronicle is an online media outlet serving the village of Croton-on-Hudson, New York. We do a fair bit of investigative reporting, and much of that requires filing Freedom of Information Law requests with either the village or the local Croton-Harmon school district, and sometimes other agencies.

FOIL requests are often denied, or documents are redacted, in ways that we think violate both the letter and the spirit of the law, which fosters maximum government transparency. Government secrecy is the enemy of democracy.

Thus we anticipate engaging in litigation over FOIL requests and related matters. This fund will make that possible, as litigation is very expensive even when attorneys donate their time pro bono.

Thank you for supporting local journalism and helping reporters do their jobs.