NY FOIL
E1025318
NY FOIL is a New York State law that grants the public the right to access government records to promote transparency and accountability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NY FOIL canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13152421 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NY FOIL Context triple: [New York State Freedom of Information Law, shortName, NY FOIL]
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A.
FRO
FRO is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the Faroe Islands.
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B.
NYL
NYL is the FAA location identifier for Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Arizona.
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C.
NYN
NYN is the former stock ticker symbol for NYNEX Corporation, a regional Bell operating telephone company that later became part of Verizon Communications.
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D.
FNJ
FNJ is the IATA airport code for Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, the main international gateway to North Korea’s capital.
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E.
NYM
NYM is the standard abbreviation used for the New York Mets, a Major League Baseball team based in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NY FOIL Target entity description: NY FOIL is a New York State law that grants the public the right to access government records to promote transparency and accountability.
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A.
FRO
FRO is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the Faroe Islands.
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B.
NYL
NYL is the FAA location identifier for Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Arizona.
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C.
NYN
NYN is the former stock ticker symbol for NYNEX Corporation, a regional Bell operating telephone company that later became part of Verizon Communications.
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D.
FNJ
FNJ is the IATA airport code for Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, the main international gateway to North Korea’s capital.
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E.
NYM
NYM is the standard abbreviation used for the New York Mets, a Major League Baseball team based in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York State statute
ⓘ
freedom of information law ⓘ sunshine law ⓘ |
| administeredBy | New York State Committee on Open Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allows |
requesters to inspect records in person
ⓘ
requesters to obtain copies of records ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
New York State agencies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York boards ⓘ New York bureaus ⓘ New York commissions ⓘ New York departments ⓘ New York divisions ⓘ New York public authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ New York public corporations ⓘ New York state-operated entities performing governmental functions ⓘ |
| appliesToRequesters | any person ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | New York Public Officers Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codifiedInArticle | Article 6 of the New York Public Officers Law ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| doesNotRequire | requesters to state a reason for requesting records ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | New York State courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excludes |
New York State Legislature records in certain respects
ⓘ
New York State courts records in certain respects ⓘ |
| exemptionType |
inter-agency or intra-agency deliberative materials
ⓘ
law enforcement records that could interfere with investigations ⓘ records specifically exempted from disclosure by state or federal statute ⓘ records that could endanger life or safety ⓘ records that could impair contract awards or collective bargaining negotiations ⓘ trade secrets and confidential commercial information ⓘ unwarranted invasion of personal privacy ⓘ |
| fullName | New York Freedom of Information Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProvision |
ability to charge reasonable fees for copies
ⓘ
judicial review of denials ⓘ presumption of access to records ⓘ requirement to maintain subject matter lists of records ⓘ requirement to provide records in reasonably available formats ⓘ right to administrative appeal of denials ⓘ specific exemptions from disclosure ⓘ time limits for agency responses ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalRightGranted | right of the public to access government records ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote government accountability
ⓘ
to promote government transparency ⓘ to provide public access to government records ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
New York Open Meetings Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
federal Freedom of Information Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | agencies to respond to records requests within statutory time frames ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
administrative law
ⓘ
government transparency ⓘ public records access ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NY FOIL Description of subject: NY FOIL is a New York State law that grants the public the right to access government records to promote transparency and accountability.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.