MATTER OF JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

160286/17. 10583A. 10583.

178 A.D.3d 540 (2019)

114 N.Y.S.3d 342

2019 NY Slip Op 08966

In the Matter of Judicial Watch, Inc., Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of Neal Brickman, P.C., New York ( Ethan Leonard of counsel), for appellant.

Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Jonathan A. Popolow of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Mazzarelli, Singh, Moulton, JJ.


Respondents properly withheld the requested materials pursuant to the exemption to FOIL for documents that "are compiled for law enforcement purposes and which, if disclosed, would ... interfere with law enforcement investigations" (Public Officers Law § 87[2][e][i]). They "identif[ied] the generic kinds of documents for which the exemption is claimed, and the generic risks posed by disclosure of these categories of documents" (Matter of Lesher v Hynes,

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