Ward v. Gonzalez

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (O’Connor, J.), entered September 13, 2012 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s Freedom of Information Law request.

An order was issued in 2007 directing that the incoming and outgoing mail of petitioner, a prison inmate, be monitored for two months (see 7 NYCRR 720.3 [e]; 720.4 [f]). Petitioner thereafter filed a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information *1346Law (see Public Officers Law art 6 [hereinafter FOIL]) seeking…