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HANIG v. NYS MOTOR VEHICLES

79 N.Y.2d 106 (1992)

In the Matter of Joel D. Hanig, Appellant, v. State of New York Department of Motor Vehicles, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn M. Smookler for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Wayne L. Benjamin, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

KAYE, J.

This appeal calls upon us to determine whether responses to a question regarding current treatment for disabilities, on an application for a New York driver's license, are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6 [FOIL]). We agree with Supreme Court and the Appellate Division that such information is exempt from disclosure as "medical * * * histories" (

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