Exoneration Initiative v. New York City Police Department

I respectfully dissent to the extent that I would affirm both Supreme Court’s order and judgment directing respondent to disclose unredacted records that petitioner seeks under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.) (FOIL), and the court’s judgment awarding petitioner attorney’s fees under Public Officers Law § 89 (4) (c).

Petitioner, a nonprofit organization that investigates and, where it deems appropriate, litigates on behalf of indigent prisoners claiming their actual innocence, seeks access to New York City Police Department (NYPD) records relating to the…