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RECORDS OF POLICE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS WHICH DID NOT RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION ARE PROPER SUBJECTS OF A FOIL REQUEST (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined records of police disciplinary proceedings which did not result in disciplinary action were a proper subject of petitioner’s FOIL request. The records had been denied on the ground disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal property pursuant Public Officers Law 87(2)(b). Petitioner, who prevailed, was entitled to attorney’s fees:

… [C]ontrary to the respondents’ contention, the withheld records were not categorically exempt from disclosure. “[T]here is no categorical exemption from disclosure for unsubstantiated allegations or complaints of police misconduct” … . “Upon repealing Civil Rights Law § 50-a, the Legislature amended . . . Public Officers Law to specifically contemplate the disclosure of ‘law enforcement disciplinary records,’ which it defines to include ‘complaints, allegations, and charges against an employee'” … . “If the Legislature had intended to exclude from disclosure complaints and allegations that were not substantiated, it would simply have stated as much” … . “It did not, and instead included ‘complaints, allegations, and charges’ in its definition of disciplinary records, along with ‘the disposition of any disciplinary proceeding,’ without qualification as to the outcome of the proceeding” … .

Accordingly, disclosure of the withheld records was required unless those records “‘[fell] squarely within the ambit of one of [the] statutory exemptions … . Matter of New York Civ. Liberties Union v Village of Freeport, 2024 NY Slip Op 03824, Second Dept 7-17-24

Practice Point: Records of police disciplinary proceedings which did not result in disciplinary action are not exempt from a FOIL request.​

 

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