MATTER OF GREEN v. SAFIR


255 A.D.2d 107 (1998)

679 N.Y.S.2d 383

In the Matter of Mark Green, as Public Advocate for The City of New York, Respondent-Appellant, v. Howard Safir, as Police Commissioner of The City of New York, et al., Appellants-Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 5, 1998


We agree with the cogent analysis of the IAS Court (174 Misc.2d 400) that petitioner is entitled to the records in question in furtherance of his independent duties under the New York City Charter, subject to appropriate redaction as was done here, that Civil Rights Law § 50-a does not bar such access, that New York City Charter § 24 (j) is permissive and therefore does not require petitioner to exhaust his administrative...

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