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THE FOIL REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD OF PAROLE WAS PROPERLY DENIED; THE DOCUMENTS ARE PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Rivera, determined the FOIL requests made to the Board of Parole of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) were properly denied. The documents were protected by attorney-client privilege:

… (DOCCS) properly withheld 11 documents prepared by counsel for the Board of Parole as privileged communications exempt from Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) disclosure. Counsel prepared the documents to train and advise Board of Parole commissioners on how to comply with their legal duties and obligations. The documents reflect counsel’s legal analysis of statutory, regulatory and decisional law and they therefore constitute attorney-client communications that were prepared “for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of legal advice or services, in the course of a professional relationship,” specifically, to provide guidance on matters relevant to the Commissioners’ exercise of their discretionary authority … . Accordingly, DOCCS properly invoked the statutory FOIL exemption for privileged matters (see Public Officers Law § 87 [2] [a]; CPLR 4503 [a]). Matter of Appellate Advocates v New York State Dept. of Corr. & Community Supervision, 2023 NY Slip Op 06466, CtApp 12-19-23

Practice Point: A FOIL request for documents protected by attorney-client privilege is properly denied.

 

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