Petitioner, serving a lengthy incarceration upon conviction after trial, seeks respondent prosecutor's interview notes containing a witness's statements made prior to his testimony at the trial. After almost two years of delay, respondents finally declined to provide said documents, citing as grounds the FOIL statutory exemption for endangerment of life and safety (Public Officers Law § 87 [2] [f]) and the public interest privilege, which protects statements made by...
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