Sideri v. Office of the District Attorney

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gans, J.), entered March 27, 1997, which, in this proceeding seeking production of items presented in evidence in a criminal trial, denied petitioner’s application and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The physical evidence requested by petitioner, namely “articles of clothing and alleged weapons”, does not fall within the statutory definition of a “record” that may be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 86 [4]; Matter of Allen v Strojnowski, 129 AD2d 700, 700-701, appeal dismissed and lv…