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MATTER OF WEST HARLEM BUSINESS GROUP v. EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

No. 200

13 N.Y.3d 882 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 9268

921 N.E.2d 592

893 N.Y.S.2d 825

In the Matter of WEST HARLEM BUSINESS GROUP, Respondent, v. EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, New York City (John R. Casolaro, Joseph M. Ryan, Susan B. Kalib and Ethan I. Strell of counsel), for appellant.

Norman H. Siegel, New York City, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP (Steven J. Hyman of counsel), and Philip R. Van Buren for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur; Chief Judge LIPPMAN taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed, with costs.

Petitioner West Harlem Business Group (WHBG), an unincorporated association of businesses, made several requests under article 6 of the Public Officers Law, commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), relative to Columbia University's construction of a new 17-acre campus in West Harlem.

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