> Q for ADAs/Victim Advocates: What's the standard timeline after a complainant completes outreach from a DA-provided witness list? How should follow-up be handled?
Update: Filed FOIL for police report in person yesterday. NYPD response: “You’ll get the police report in approximately 5 months.”
Five. Months. For a survivor’s own report. Absolutely Unacceptable. @NYCMayor@NYPDnews#FOIL#OpenRecords
Escalating!
This is what “delayed justice” looks like.
It’s not _just_ bad UX. It’s what happens when systems forget people.
Design, training, leadership — all of it matters.
Because survivors pay the price. #GovTech#AccessToJustice#DignityByDesign@NYCMayor@NYPDnews
We tried to access the NYC OpenRecords FOIL portal. Hit an error. Officer, survivor, and me — we all thought “must be a glitch?”
No one could find the submit button.
@NYCMayor@NYPDnews
Two questions:
1. How does this hinder advocacy for vulnerable people?
2. Are courts taking accountability when housing, safety, investigations, and cases depend on broken systems?
The backup plan fails too, as NY congressional leaders and the Metro Area Postal Union warn of “habitually missing mail” in the area. So mailing it in isn’t reliable.
This is about families. This is about truth. This is about accountability.*
*Right To Know (UK) + Pathways To Truth (USA) Campaign — standing together.*
*Share if you believe families deserve answers - Answers Unlock Justice
*#RightToKnowUK#PathwaysToTruthUSA*
We’re backing the “UK-US Agreement on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime: Proposed Amendments to Enhance Cross-Border Justice.”*
*Justice shouldn’t stop at a border.*
*#CrossBorderJustice*
In the US, the Pathways To Truth (USA) Campaign is advocating for policy change + community support so families can access truth and justice, regardless of borders or circumstances.*
*#PathwaysToTruthUSA*
In the UK, Right To Know (UK) is pushing for families to understand their rights in the justice system. No more closed doors when loved ones are deceased, terminally ill, or missing.*
*#RightToKnowUK*
UPDATE: We’re not stopping.*
*Families deserve answers. Whether it’s medical records, DNA access, timely access to investigation, or accountability — the fight for truth continues.*
*#JusticeForLovedOnes*