Riggs v. Andrew

The issue presented in this proceeding is whether the act of the local rent administrator in denying the petitioner the right to inspect certain files in the respondent’s custody was a proper act of discretion and in compliance with the existing law.

Paragraph 8 of section 6 of the statute (State Residential Bent Law, L. 1946, ch. 274, as amd.) provides: “ The commission shall not publish or disclose any information obtained under this act that the commission deems confidential or with reference to which a request for confidential treatment is made by the person furnishing such information,…