Zarvela v. New York State Division of Parole

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered September 17,1997 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request under the Freedom of Information Law.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6 [hereinafter FOIL]) seeking disclosure of another individual’s parole records. Supreme Court dismissed the petition concluding, inter alia, that the requested…