Legal Opinion
Schenectady County Society v. Mills
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 25, 2011PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Smith, J.
We hold that an agency responding to a demand under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) may not withhold a record solely because some of the information in that record may be exempt from disclosure. Where it can do so without unreasonable difficulty, the agency must redact the record to take out the exempt information.
Petitioner sent an e-mail to the Education Department, asking for the names and addresses of veterinarians and veterinary technicians licensed by the Department in Schenectady County. The Department replied that it would provide a list of names,…
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