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MATTER OF LUCAS v. PASTOR

117 A.D.2d 736 (1986)

In the Matter of George Lucas, Respondent, v. Vincent M. Pastor, as Village Administrator of The Incorporated Village of Roslyn, et al., Appellants

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

February 18, 1986

Respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

FOIL was enacted to promote the people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making and it is to be liberally construed to grant maximum public access to governmental records (Matter of Washington Post Co. v New York State Ins. Dept., 61 N.Y.2d 557). Where an exemption from FOIL is claimed, the burden is on the governmental agency to establish that the material requested...

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