CAPITAL NEWSPAPERS v. WHALEN


126 Misc.2d 710 (1984)

Capital Newspapers, Division of the Hearst Corporation, Petitioner, v. Thomas M. Whalen, III, as Mayor of the City of Albany, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Albany County.

December 20, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connell & Aronowitz, P. C. (Peter L. Danziger of counsel), for petitioner. Vincent J. McArdle, Jr., Corporation Counsel (W. Dennis Duggan of counsel), for respondents.


LAWRENCE E. KAHN, J.

In the above-captioned CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioner seeks relief pursuant to Public Officers Law article 6, more commonly known as the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). Specifically, it seeks to compel respondent to provide access to all records of former Mayor Erastus Corning (Mayor), for the period January 1, 1980 through June 1, 1983 (Corning Papers). Petitioner identifies its request as "records written, received or...

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