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SPJ statement on Islandia secrecy bill

6. October 2008

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SPJ statement on Islandia secrecy bill

This proposed ordinance is simply crazy. I believe that if this law were to be enacted it would make Islandia the laughing stock of New York, and the country, and cost taxpayers thousands of dollars in legal costs to defend, and eventually have tossed out, a proposal that is counter to New York case law [...]

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Press Club denounces Islandia secrecy bill

6. October 2008

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Oct. 6, 2008   A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 7 by the Islandia Village Board in Suffolk County on a local ordinance that, if approved, would bar the audio or video recording and transmission of recordings of public meetings. The Press Club of Long Island, the local chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists, opposes [...]

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