Legal Opinion
DeCorse v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 30, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and petition granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: Petitioner was assaulted in the basement of the apartment building where she was living. Her attorneys discovered that numerous complaints of criminal conduct at that address had been investigated by respondent City of Buffalo Police Department in the two-year period prior to the assault. Before commencing an action against the landlord, her attorneys filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for copies of 60 incident, investigation and follow-up reports of…
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