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 FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK 33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10045-0001

BARRY SCHINDLER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER

June 21, 2022

VIA E-MAIL Emre Kuvvet Associate Professor of Finance Nova Southeastern University ekuvvet@nova.edu

Dear Mr. Kuvvet,

This letter is in response to your letter received on May 23, 2022. Your request is set forth below in relevant part:

“I would like to access the Federal Reserve Bank of New York manual known as the “Doomsday Book”. The “Doomsday Book” is a compendium of legal opinions, in some cases stretching back decades, that explore the legal limits of the Federal Reserve in the event of a financial crisis.”

Your request is being treated as a request under the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s (the “New York Fed”) Freedom of Information Policy (the “FOI Policy”), a copy of which is available at https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/freedom-of-information-requests.html. Please note that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the “New York Fed”) is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) although it complies with the spirit of FOIA when responding to requests of this type.

Based on the information you provided, a search was conducted, and attached are two documents consisting of a total of 122 pages that are responsive to your request. Please note that portions of these documents have been redacted as they are exempt from disclosure under exemption 6 of the FOI policy. Additional responsive documents were located but have been withheld as exempt from disclosure under exemption 5 of the New York Fed’s FOI Policy. Information on how to file a request for reconsideration may be found in Section 3.8 of the New York Fed’s FOI Policy.

Sincerely, Barry Schindler Freedom of Information Officer

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