MATTER OF NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPT.

2831, 102436/12.

148 A.D.3d 642 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 02506

50 N.Y.S.3d 365

In the Matter of NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT et al., Appellants.

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

Decided March 30, 2017.


Public Officers Law § 87 (2) (a) provides that an agency "may deny access to records" that "are specifically exempted from disclosure by state ... statute." The NYPD disciplinary decisions sought here fall within Civil Rights Law § 50-a, which makes confidential police "personnel records used to evaluate performance toward continued employment or promotion" (see Matter of Daily Gazette Co. v City of Schenectady...

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