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Here is a list of major FOIA court decisions and their affect on the New York Freedom of Information Law.
(The cases are listed alphabetically. To order them by year please click the icon below the Year heading)

Article Year Precedent
Buffalo News v. Buffalo Enterprise Development Corporation 1994
Buffalo News v. Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority 1990
COMPS v. Town of Islip 2006
Capital Newspapers v. Burns 1986
Capital Newspapers v. Whalen 1987 1.) Eliminated any considerations of purpose with regards to accepting or denying public records requests.
2.) Personal documents intermingled with public records become public records.
Daily Gazette v. Schenectady 1999
Fink v. Lefkowitz 1979
Kryston v. Board of Education, East Ramapo School District 1980 This case granted access to standardized test scores assuming the personal information about the students was deleted.
Lucas v. Pastor 1986
Muniz v. Roth 1994
New York News v. Grinker 1989
New York News v. Staten Island 1995
Newsday v. State Department of Transportation 2004
Russo v. Nassau Community College 1993
Scott, Sardano &. Pomeranz v Records Access Officer 1985
Washington Post v. Insurance Department 1984 This case eliminated the promise of confidentiality has no affect on the status of public records.
Westchester Rockland Newspapers v. Kimball 1980
Whitehead v. Morgenthau 1990 Eliminated any fee waivers.
Zaleski v. Hicksville Union Free School District 1978 That agencies cannot charge fees for labor when reproducing audio/visual records.
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