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N.Y.’s Top Court Clarifies Freedom of Information Exemption for Disclosure of Confidential Sources of Information
Loaded on April 19, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Criminal Legal News
May, 2018, page 7
Filed under:
Freedom of Information Act.
Location:
New York.
by Christopher Zoukis
The New York Court of Appeals made an important clarification to an exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”), which restricts access to records compiled for law enforcement purposes that identify confidential sources or information.
The November 21, 2017, opinion ruled that …
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