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LEGAL AID SOCY v. NYC POLICE

274 A.D.2d 207 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 3

In the Matter of LEGAL AID SOCIETY et al., Respondents, v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, Appellant.

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

August 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Wasserman of counsel (Michele Maxian, Legal Aid Society, attorney), for respondents.

Susan Rockford of counsel (Barry P. Schwartz on the brief; Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City, attorney), for appellant.

Sharon Y. Brodt of counsel (Richard E. Weill on the brief; Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney of Westchester County, attorney), for New York State District Attorneys Association, amicus curiae.

MAZZARELLI, ELLERIN, LERNER and FRIEDMAN, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SULLIVAN, P. J.

Prior to 1996, relying on Matter of Scott v Chief Med. Examiner of City of N. Y. (179 A.D.2d 443, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 758, cert denied 506 U.S. 891), the New York City Police Department routinely denied requests pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law ([FOIL] Public Officers Law §§ 84-90) for complaint...

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