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Matter of Bosshart v. Perales

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 14, 1994
202 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

March 14, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Levine, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In this proceeding the petitioner sought to review a determination which denied her request to be sent free copies of draft model "form" fair hearing decisions and final fair hearing decisions which addressed the use of Emergency Assistance to Families funds to replace lost or stolen cash. The respondent did, however, make the final fair hearing decisions available to the petitioner at its Albany office for inspection and photocopying.

We agree with Supreme Court that the fair hearing decisions requested by the petitioner are not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law, and that the respondent fulfilled its obligation under the Freedom of Information Law by granting the petitioner access to the fair hearing decisions maintained by the agency for inspection and photocopying (see, Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.; 45 C.F.R. § 205.10 [a] [19]; 18 N.Y.CRR part 340). With regard to the petitioner's request for copies of form fair hearing decisions, the respondent properly determined that these materials were exempt from disclosure as intra-agency materials (see, Public Officers Law § 87 [g]). Because the petitioner has not prevailed on any issues in this proceeding, she is not entitled to an award of attorneys' fees (see, 42 U.S.C. § 1988; Public Officers Law § 89 [c]; CPLR art 86).

We have reviewed the petitioner's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Sullivan, J.P., Miller, O'Brien and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Bosshart v. Perales

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 14, 1994
202 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

Matter of Bosshart v. Perales

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of PHYLISS BOSSHART, Appellant, v. CESAR A. PERALES, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 14, 1994

Citations

202 A.D.2d 498 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
609 N.Y.S.2d 30

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