Bradley Foerster Seeks Guidance from Zohran Mamdani, Alvin Bragg, and Letitia James on Civil Rights and Federal Investigative Record
September 7, 2026 — Request for Guidance from New York Officials
On September 7, 2026, Dr. Bradley Foerster sought guidance from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York Attorney General Letitia James concerning a documentary record spanning University of Michigan proceedings, federal investigations, and years of FOIA litigation.
The outreach focused on civil rights, academic freedom, institutional accountability, good-faith reporting, and unresolved questions in the federal investigative record.
More Than 500 Pages of FBI Records
Through Dr. Foerster’s federal FOIA litigation, the FBI acknowledged a file comprising more than 500 pages and subsequently produced records from that file.
Those records document Russia-Gate information reported to the FBI by Dr. Foerster and his wife, Dr. Myria Petrou, in 2018, including statements they attributed to University of Michigan colleague Dr. Paul Cronin concerning events in 2016.
The released FBI records also document a federal investigation involving NIH ALS Grant R01 NS082304, including interactions among the FBI, HHS Office of Inspector General, and University of Michigan. The U.S. Attorney’s Office ultimately declined criminal prosecution in the NIH grant matter.
An Unidentified Federal Agent
One element of that federal record remains particularly unresolved.
On March 2, 2018, Drs. Foerster and Petrou were interviewed at the FBI’s Ann Arbor office by FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas and an individual who identified himself as HHS-OIG Special Agent “Tyson Howard.”
Howard interviewed Drs. Foerster and Petrou alongside Agent Lucas and provided them with a business card identifying him as an HHS-OIG Special Agent.
Yet when Dr. Foerster contacted HHS-OIG in 2019, the agency could not identify Howard. Subsequent efforts have not resolved the basic questions of who he was, under what authority he participated in the FBI interview, and what role he played in the federal investigation.
An Unresolved New York Connection
The NIH grant investigation presents a separate unresolved question.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan reported that it located no responsive records concerning the investigation. At the time federal criminal prosecution of the NIH grant matter was declined in February 2019, however, Drs. Foerster and Petrou were living within the Southern District of New York.
Dr. Foerster therefore submitted a separate FOIA request seeking records concerning SDNY’s involvement, if any, in the NIH grant investigation and prosecution decision. As of September 7, 2026, that request was overdue, and related efforts to obtain clarification from the U.S. Attorney’s Office had received no substantive response.
The Broader Question
The outreach did not ask Mayor Mamdani, District Attorney Bragg, or Attorney General James to accept Dr. Foerster’s interpretation of these events.
It asked that the documentary record be considered on its own terms.
At its core, that record raises broader questions about civil rights, institutional accountability, academic freedom, the treatment of good-faith reporting, and the ability of an individual to obtain the information necessary to understand and challenge actions taken by powerful institutions.
It also leaves concrete federal questions unresolved: how the Russia-Gate information reported to the FBI was handled; which U.S. Attorney’s Office reviewed and declined prosecution of the NIH ALS grant matter; and the identity, authority, and role of the individual who interviewed Drs. Foerster and Petrou alongside FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas while identifying himself as HHS-OIG Special Agent “Tyson Howard.”
Dr. Foerster provided Mayor Mamdani and District Attorney Bragg with the Hail to the Victims Case Index and asked for guidance about which New York or federal authorities would be appropriate for further review. The September 7 email expressly framed the request as one for advice rather than a predetermined conclusion.
That same day, Dr. Foerster separately submitted the record to Attorney General Letitia James through the New York Attorney General’s official contact portal, likewise requesting guidance concerning the appropriate authorities for review.
Primary Documentary Record
The September 7, 2026 email to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, together with the submission to New York Attorney General Letitia James, is reproduced below.
Related Documentary Record
Hail to the Victims Case Index — Primary Documentary Record
The Case Index organizes the underlying federal, University, law-enforcement, litigation, and FOIA records referenced in this outreach.
Background of the Archive
Provides the broader chronology and context in which the investigative, institutional, and federal records developed.
Under-Oath Character and Credibility Testimony Regarding Dr. Bradley Foerster
Presents under-oath testimony from four witnesses during Dr. Foerster’s University of Michigan 5.09 proceedings bearing on his reputation for truthfulness, honesty, ethics, professionalism, and accuracy. The testimony is presented as credibility context and does not independently establish the underlying allegations.
September 7, 2026 — Documented Outreach
The correspondence documenting Dr. Foerster’s outreach to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York Attorney General Letitia James is reproduced below.
Selected Reporting
- Bradley Foerster Submits 140-Exhibit, 1,121-Page Documentary Chronology to FBI for Supervisory Review of the Investigation Involving Dr. Bradley Foerster, Dr. Myria Petrou, and Duaa Altaee
- From One FBI File to a Legislative Proposal: Peter and Maria Foerster Ask Senator Van Hollen's Office and Congressman Jamie Raskin to Consider a Uniform Administrative Framework for Federal Investigations
- Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology: 139 Exhibits on NIH R01NS082304, University Proceedings, and Federal Investigation — No Response Received
- Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou Send Ann Arbor Officials Documentary Chronology on AAPD and Related Federal Investigations — No Response Received
- Timothy Lynch Documentary Chronology: 63 Exhibits on University of Michigan Office of General Counsel, University Investigations, and Law Enforcement — No Response Received
- Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou Documentary Chronology: 8 Exhibits Document More Than Two Years of Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid — No Response Received
Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.