Community Board 7 v. Schaffer

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), dated February 22, 1991, which denied respondents’ cross motion to dismiss the petition and granted petitioner’s application pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul respondents’ determination denying it access to certain documents, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Contrary to respondents’ contention, petitioner Community Board has standing to compel production of the subject documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law. Clearly, petitioner’s need for the documents in order to review and make a recommendation as to the…