Legal Opinion
Harbatkin v. New York City Department of Records & Information Services
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 2012PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
In the middle years of the twentieth century, the New York City Board of Education investigated a large number of teachers and other employees who it suspected of being present or former members of the Communist Party. The investigation included interviews with many such people, who were promised confidentiality and asked to provide the names of those who had been in the party with them.
An historian of the period now seeks disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) of unredacted transcripts of the interviews. We hold that she is entitled to everything…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Harbatkin v. New York City Department of Records & Information ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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