FOIL requests submitted for Azalea Wind public records

Project Frost has started submitting FOIL requests for public records related to the proposed Azalea Wind project.

A FOIL request is a request made under New York's Freedom of Information Law. In plain terms, it is how residents ask a public agency for records the public is allowed to inspect. It is not an accusation. It is not a lawsuit. It is a normal public-records tool.

So far, the tracker shows submitted requests to the Schuyler County IDA, the Town of Hector, and ORES / DPS. The Schuyler County IDA request was sent on May 9, 2026 and sought materials related to IDA involvement, incentives, PILOT discussions, financial impact records, meeting materials, and project communications connected to Azalea Wind.

The Town of Hector request was sent on May 18, 2026 and sought Azalea-related board records and correspondence, including agendas, minutes, correspondence, applications, agreements, consultant materials, and project references.

The ORES / DPS request was sent on May 20, 2026 and sought pre-application consultation records, study-plan comments and revisions, confidentiality or redaction requests, and agency correspondence tied to Matter 26-00025.

Project Frost has also received DEC-related materials, including NY Natural Heritage Program correspondence and a Facility Study Area map. The current tracker still needs the exact DEC submission date reconciled, so this post is not claiming a specific DEC sent date until that is confirmed.

The reason for these requests is simple: residents should be able to see the public record for themselves. If agencies, boards, developers, consultants, or public authorities have records connected to a major local project, those records should be organized in a way people can actually follow.

As responses come in, Project Frost will add reviewed public documents to the document library and will identify the source agency, date, and any limits or context needed to avoid overstating what the records show.