Empire Realty Corp. v. New York State Division of Lottery

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lynch, J.), entered April 29, 1996 in Schenectady County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondents denying petitioner’s request for certain documents under the Freedom of Information Law.

Petitioner, a commercial entity, sought access under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6) (hereinafter FOIL) to certain documents from respondent State Division of the Lottery (hereinafter respondent). Specifically, petitioner requested a list of the names…