Sowell v. New York City Police Department

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered July 7, 2000, granting the cross motion of respondent New York City Police Department (NYPD) to dismiss, as moot, petitioner’s CPLR article 78 petition, which had sought to compel the NYPD to comply with his Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for documents, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the cross motion denied, and the petition granted to the extent of directing respondent to supply to petitioner forthwith the documents in its possession responsive to his FOIL request.

Petitioner’s FOIL…