Legal Opinion
Grabell v. New York City Police Department
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 2014PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Doris Ling-Cohan, J.
Petitioner Michael Grabell, a journalist employed by ProPublica, brings this action seeking a judgment declaring that respondent New York City Police Department (NYPD or Department) acted unlawfully in withholding documents that are not properly exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) (Public Officers Law § 85 et seq.), directing the NYPD to provide petitioner with immediate access to all the nonexempt documents that he requested, and awarding petitioner costs and attorneys’ fees, pursuant to Public Officers Law § 89 (4) (c).
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