Federal Action Reporting Form

Please use this form to report federal government action in New York state.  

Filing a report does not generate a complaint or start a lawsuit on your behalf. The Attorney General cannot give legal advice or represent individuals in court. For questions on your legal rights or responsibilities, please contact a private lawyer.  

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Your information

Providing your contact information is optional. It will allow us to follow up with you to confirm information or ask additional questions.

Incident details
Were you physically present during the incident?
How were you involved?

Where and when did this happen?

Photo submission
Status
  • Submit up to five photographs of the incident. Please note that each file must be smaller than 10 MB and the combined file size of all attachments may not exceed 50 MB. To share video files, see the following “Video submission” section.
File attachment 1
One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, psd.
Did you take this photograph?
File attachment 2
One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, psd.
Did you take this photograph?
File attachment 3
One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, psd.
Did you take this photograph?
File attachment 4
One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, psd.
Did you take this photograph?
File attachment 5
One file only.
10 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, psd.
Did you take this photograph?
Video submission
Status
  • Submit up to five videos of the incident. To share video files, please upload to a third-party video site -- such as YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook -- and provide the direct link to the content and a brief description of the nature of the video.
Video link 1
Did you take this video?
Video link 2
Did you take this video?
Video link 3
Did you take this video?
Video link 4
Did you take this video?
Video link 5
Did you take this video?
In providing the Office of the New York State Attorney General this information, I understand and agree that:

Note: All boxes must be checked before submission

The Attorney General may use any information, photographs, or videos I provided in a public document, including in a legal proceeding or public report or statement, and may share this information with third parties for other lawful reasons. My contact information, if I have provided it, will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law. I further understand that the Attorney General will not be returning any documents, photographs, and/or videos that I provide through this portal.
The Attorney General may reach out to me if I provided my contact information.
My report is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and any documents attached are true and accurate copies of the originals. Any false statements I have made in this complaint can be punished as a Class A misdemeanor. I knowingly and voluntarily waive any liability against the Office of the New York State Attorney General and its employees for any damage that may result from my submission(s).