Kassebaum v. Morgenthau

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered on or about May 3, 1999, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by petitioner’s brief, denied petitioner’s Freedom of Information Law application to compel respondent District Attorney’s disclosure of certain records pertaining to petitioner’s criminal prosecution, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

As stated in his brief, petitioner seeks disclosure of “statements of witnesses who testified at his criminal trial”. Such statements are protected by the public interest privilege, and, as such, are not subject to…