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NY TIMES v. DIST. ATTORNEY

2018-08763. Index No. 3321/17.

179 A.D.3d 115 (2019)

111 N.Y.S.3d 691

2019 NY Slip Op 08410

In the Matter of NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Appellant, v. DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF KINGS COUNTY, Respondent.

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

Decided November 20, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. McCraw , New York City ( Al-Amyn Sumar of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), respondent pro se.

MASTRO, J.P., MALTESE and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

We hold that the final reports of the Kings County District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit (hereinafter CRU), which have led to numerous exonerations, are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6 [hereinafter FOIL]), unless the individual who was the

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