Gannett Co. v. James

Judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: Petitioners, the publisher and certain reporters for a newspaper circulated daily in the City of Rochester and environs, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to compel respondents to make available for inspection, and in some instances, copying, certain records in their custody and control pursuant to article 6 of the Public Officers Law (Freedom of Information Law). The records requested, and refused by respondents, fall into the following briefly stated categories: (1) complaints made to the Internal Affairs Division of the…