KWASNIK v. CITY OF NEW YORK


262 A.D.2d 171 (1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 525

RICHARD E. KWASNIK, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent, and CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.

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

Decided June 17, 1999.


We reject CUNY's argument that the public employment history of its employees, insofar as revealed on their job applications, should be shielded from disclosure as an unwarranted invasion of the employees' privacy under Public Officers Law § 89 (2) (b) (i). This result is supported by opinions of the Committee on Open Government, to which courts should defer (see, Matter of Miracle Mile Assocs. v Yudelson, 68 A.D.2d 176, 181...

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