"The largest town in America has been held in contempt by a New York judge for releasing just 17 of nearly 3,000 emails sought in a battle over alleged illegally issued school-bus-camera tickets. State Supreme Court Justice Maureen McHugh Heitner last week ruled that the failure of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, Long Island, to produce the roughly 3,000 records amounted to "willful disobedience and resistance.""
"The town had agreed to release the records after signing an agreement in June with the Brooklyn-based Aron Law PLLC, which is repping accused scofflaws - yet Hempstead has produced only 17 emails to date, court papers show. The town of Hempstead was held in contempt by a New York judge for only releasing 17 of 3,000 emails related to a legal dispute over school bus camera tickets. Christopher Sadowski "
"At issue is the town's use of the buses' footage to ticket drivers who fail to properly stop for them - a safety move that is also a major moneymaker, raking in tens of millions of dollars. Aron's law firm sued the town when Hempstead officials denied its original Sept. 2024 Freedom of Information Law request for the sought-after emails on the town's servers, specifically any that contain the term "croce.""
State Supreme Court Justice Maureen McHugh Heitner found that the Town of Hempstead willfully disobeyed a records-release agreement by producing only 17 of about 3,000 requested emails. The records were sought in litigation over allegedly illegally issued school-bus-camera tickets and followed a Freedom of Information Law request for emails containing the term "croce" after People v. Croce questioned bus-camera-only convictions. Hempstead initially denied the FOIL request as overbroad, then signed a June stipulation to release the records but subsequently failed to turn over the agreed documents, prompting a contempt order.
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