[Download] "Matter Capital Newspapers Division Hearst Corporation Et Al. v. T. Garry Burns" by Court of Appeals of New York * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Matter Capital Newspapers Division Hearst Corporation Et Al. v. T. Garry Burns
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 03, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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[67 N.Y.2d 562 Page 564] Opinion OF THE COURT Petitioner Cipriano is a newspaper reporter. In the course of investigating administrative and fiscal procedures in the City of Albany, he was informed that certain members of the Albany police force were abusing the sick leave privileges accorded them by the collective bargaining agreement their union had negotiated with the city. He attempted to verify this information by a series of requests under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL; Public Officers Law art 6) through which he sought access to police records containing statistical or factual tabulations of data of the number of days and dates on which certain named officers were absent from their scheduled employment. One of the requests concerned the records of Officer James Tuffey who was president of the local police officers' union. Cipriano's first request, for records of Tuffey's absences during January 1983, was granted by the City Hall Records Access Officer and he was informed that Tuffey had not taken any sick time during January 1983. All Cipriano's subsequent requests were denied.