City of Newark v. Law Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Friedman, J.
This appeal presents the issue of whether a confidentiality order issued by an arbitration panel can override the public’s right of access to government records under the Freedom of Information Law ([FOIL] Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.). We hold that such a confidentiality order does not override FOIL. However, the petition cannot be either granted or denied on the present undeveloped record, which does not afford a basis for determining the extent to which FOIL’S exemptions from disclosure apply to the requested records, and we therefore remand for further…
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