Rosenfeld v. Kaplan

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered on or about July 18, 1996, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendants’ request for redacted versions of plaintiffs income tax returns and sanctioned defendants $350 to be paid to plaintiffs counsel for costs of the motion, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, defendants’ request granted and the sanction vacated.

Although “[b]ecause of their confidential and private nature, disclosure of tax returns is disfavored * * * [and a] party seeking disclosure must make a strong showing of…