Observed arrival · 2026-09-01
ImproveCortland Turns Potholes into Paper Trails
An independent Cortland, New York tool for reporting city problems, drafting FOIL requests, and tracking municipal response deadlines.
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The tool separates ordinary service requests from FOIL requests, explicitly warning that a 311 report can close without a paper trail. Its draft view calculates a five-business-day acknowledgement deadline and a 20-business-day production deadline under New York’s Public Officers Law. Categories route issues toward specific Cortland departments, including Public Works and Code Enforcement. The homepage also shows a response-time table for Cortland, Oneonta, and Norwich, though each entry is currently marked pending.
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