Brownstone Publishers, Inc. v. New York City Department of Finance

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Walter M. Schackman, J.), entered March 2, 1990, which denied a motion by the New York City Department of Finance (DOF) denominated as a motion to renew and reargue the court’s decision dated June 22, 1988, and for an order dismissing the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Brownstone Publishers, Inc., an information services and publishing company, brought a proceeding under CPLR article 78 to compel the DOF to disclose to Brownstone information taken from real property tax returns, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL;…