Newsday, Inc. v. Empire State Development Corp.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), entered August 9, 2000, which granted petitioner’s CPLR article 78 petition to compel respondent to release information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), unani*183mously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the petition denied.

Petitioner, publisher of the well-known eponymous newspaper, sought to obtain from respondent, pursuant to FOIL (Public Officers Law art 6), copies of subpoenas served upon that State agency by the New York County District Attorney’s office. Respondent contended before the IAS court that these…