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THE NYPD’S FAILURE TO TIMELY COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER REQUIRING THE RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO A FOIL REQUEST WARRANTED THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES TO PETITIONER; RESPONDENT NYPD’S ABANDONING AN ISSUE IN A PRIOR APPEAL PRECLUDED APPELLATE REVIEW OF THAT ISSUE IN A SUBSEQUENT APPEAL (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined the NYPD’s failure to timely comply with a court order mandating a response to petitioner’s FOIL request warranted the award of attorney’s fees to petitioner:

… [T]he court properly granted attorney’s fees and costs arising from NYPD’s noncompliance with this Court’s prior order. NYPD’s argument, that this noncompliance was justified because some of the records were sealed after NYPD’s final administrative determination, was abandoned in the prior appeal … , and this Court has “no discretionary authority” to reach this unpreserved issue in the interest of justice in this article 78 proceeding challenging an administrative determination … . The court providently exercised its discretion in holding NYPD in civil contempt, given that NYPD waited several months before disclosing a video and 407 heavily redacted pages of responsive records, after which petitioner was forced to continue litigating its entitlement to complete disclosure of unredacted copies of the records. After this Court’s January 2021 order, NYPD should have disclosed all records responsive to petitioner’s FOIL request, without the need for any further proceedings. “Once the court has issued a valid order, it is not for the recipient of that order to fashion its own remedy” … . The “lengthy delay” caused by NYPD “was unreasonable under the particular circumstances of this case,” warranting an award of attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to FOIL … . Matter of Jewish Press, Inc. v New York City Police Dept., 2024 NY Slip Op 01511, First Dept 3-19-24

Practice Point: Failure to timely respond to a court order requiring the release of documents pursuant to a FOIL request, necessitating further litigation by the petitioner, warrants the award of attorney’s fees to petitioner.

 

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