Amy Friedman v. Malden, City of (SPR 20210606)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records March 16, 2021 SPR21/0606 Gregory Lucey, Esq. City Clerk City of Malden 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148 Dear Attorney Lucey: I have received the petition of Bruce Friedman appealing the nonresponse of the City of Malden (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On February 24, 2021, Mr. Friedman requested “…all public records requests for all departments, for the time period of January 1, 2019 through the date which you [City] respond.” Claiming to not yet have received the responsive records, Mr. Friedman petitioned this office and SPR21/0606, was opened as a result. It is my understanding a representative of the City provided a response dated March 15, 2021 to Mr. Friedman’s request. Mr. Friedman petitioned this office appealing the substantive nature of the City’s response. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). The substantive nature of the response will be reviewed in the current appeal, SPR21/0628. Accordingly, I will consider this appeal closed. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Bruce Friedman Kathryn M. Fallon, Esq. One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us