Dossier
Freedom of Information request
Coverage of Freedom of Information request in the Nexus archive.
- Central Park carriage horses return to work – as bombshell report finds horses with scarring, cramped stables
A city-hired veterinarian found concerning conditions in Central Park’s stables, including cramped quarters, skin lesions, and swollen limbs in carriage horses. The report, obtained by animal activists via a freedom of information request, was released as the horses returned to work.
- Environment Minister slams data from her own ministry as ‘fake news’
Environment Minister Idit Silman criticizes an NGO for releasing data obtained via a Freedom of Information request, which shows an 83 percent decline in indictments against environmental lawbreakers during her tenure. She labels the data as 'fake news', despite it originating from her own ministry.