Bertoldi v. Wachtler

Once again we are asked, in the context of a financial disclosure requirement, to mediate between “the individual interest in avoiding disclosure of personal matters,” Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589, 599, 97 S.Ct. 869, 876, 51 L.Ed.2d 64 (1977), and “the benefits widely felt to be derived from openness and from an informed public.” Slevin v. City of New York, 551 F.Supp. 917, 921 (S.D.N.Y.1982), aff'd, in part and rev’d in part sub nom. Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017, 104 S.Ct. 548, 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).

The plaintiffs, court clerks within New…