B. T. Productions, Inc. v. Barr

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gabrielli, J.

In August, 1976, pursuant to a search warrant issued by Monroe County Court Judge Culver Barr, agents of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (Task Force) entered into petitioners’ business premises and seized the bulk of all their business records for the previous two years. Today, *231almost two years later, the Task Force still has those records. The Task Force has never explained to petitioners the reason for the seizure, the nature of the Task Force’s interest in petitioners, nor the use the Task Force intends to make of the records. The seizure has…