Matter of Appellate Advocates v. NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Decision: 2023.12.19

Argument: 2023.11.15 vid. tr.

Whether in response to a FOIL request, an agency may use the attorney-client privilege to shield from disclosure general training materials that are concededly unrelated to any specific matter and are not based on confidential, particularized information; whether in response to a FOIL request, an agency may withhold materials under the intra-agency exemption even though those materials are non-deliberative, final agency policy and general instructions to staff that affect the public.

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