Church of Scientology of New York v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The record on appeal is wholly insufficient to sustain the refusal to disclose the materials sought by petitioner under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (Public Officers Law, art 6). In support of the denial of access the State officials have tendered only references to sections, subdivisions and subparagraphs of the applicable statute and conclusory characterizations of the records sought to be withheld. There is no tender of any factual basis on which to determine whether the…