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GLOMAR RESPONSE, NEITHER CONFIRMING NOR DENYING THE EXISTENCE OF DOCUMENTS, APPROPRIATE UNDER THE FACTS.

The First Department determined, under the facts, the police department's Glomar response to the request for documents was appropriate. A Glomar response refuses to admit or deny the existence of documents:

FOIL does not prohibit respondents from giving a Glomar response to a FOIL request — that is, a response “refus[ing] to confirm or deny the existence of records” where, as here, respondents have shown that such confirmation or denial would cause harm cognizable under a FOIL exception … . Although petitioners contend that such a response is impermissible in the absence of express statutory authorization, the Glomar doctrine is “consistent with the legislative intent and with the general purpose and manifest policy underlying FOIL” … . * * *

Respondents met their burden to “articulate particularized and specific justification” for declining to confirm or deny the existence of the requested records, which sought information related to NYPD investigations and surveillance activities … . In particular, respondents showed that answering petitioners' inquiries would cause harm cognizable under the law enforcement and public safety exemptions of Public Officers Law § 87(2) (see § 87(2)[e], [f] … . Matter of Abdur-Rashid v New York City Police Dept., 2016 NY Slip Op 04318, 1st Dept 6-2-16

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