Rome Sentinel Co. v. City of Rome
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioner sought disclosure, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), of a report of the City of Rome Water Department that consisted of an internal review *1006of that agency. FOIL embodies a broad standard of disclosure of government agency documents, which are presumptively available to public inspection and copying unless the agency can show that they are exempt from disclosure (see, Public Officers Law § 84; Matter of Capital Newspapers Div. v Burns, 67 NY2d 562, 565-566; Matter of Buffalo…
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