Legal Opinion
Hassig v. New York State Department of Health
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 23, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crew III, J.P.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kavanagh, J.), entered February 26, 2001 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Department of Health denying petitioners’ Freedom of Information Law request.
Petitioner Donald L. Hassig is a member of petitioner St. Lawrence Environmental Action, a grass roots organization seeking to develop and implement a cancer prevention program in St. Lawrence County. By letter dated December 30, 1999, petitioners filed a request with…
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