HEARST CORP. v. NYS. POLICE

515693.

109 A.D.3d 32 (2013)

966 N.Y.S.2d 557

2013 NY Slip Op 3900

In the Matter of HEARST CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. NEW YORK STATE POLICE, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided May 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Hearst Corporation, New York City ( Jonathan Donnellan of counsel), for appellants.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, Albany ( Jeffrey W. Lang of counsel), for respondent.

LAHTINEN, STEIN and GARRY, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PETERS, P.J.

Petitioner Brendan Lyons is a journalist employed as a reporter for the Albany Times Union, a newspaper owned by petitioner Hearst Corporation. In September 2011, Lyons submitted a request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (see Public Officers Law art 6 [hereinafter FOIL]) for all records maintained by respondent pertaining to an alleged hit-and-run committed by...

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