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FARBMAN v. NYC HEALTH & HOSPS.

62 N.Y.2d 75 (1984)

In the Matter of M. Farbman & Sons, Inc., Appellant, v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. DeLuca for appellant.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Helen P. Brown and Michael Gage of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.

KAYE, J.

Access to records of a government agency under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) (Public Officers Law, art 6) is not affected by the fact that there is pending or potential litigation between the person making the request and the agency. Because the court below erroneously concluded that FOIL is unavailable to a litigant, and that CPLR article 31 is a blanket exemption from FOIL, we reverse the dismissal...

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