Permits records required to be disclosed under the freedom of information law to have exempt parts of such documents be redacted before disclosure, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6613
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  officers law, in relation to permitting
   records required to be disclosed under the freedom of information  law
   to have exempt parts of such documents be redacted before disclosure

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the
 public officers law, as amended by chapter 808 of the laws of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Each agency shall, in accordance with its published rules, make avail-
 able for public inspection and copying all records, except those records
 or  portions  thereof that may be withheld pursuant to the exceptions of
 rights of access appearing in this subdivision. EXCEPT  FOR  ANY  RECORD
 THAT  IS  EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE BY STATE OR FEDERAL STATUTE PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHEN A RECORD CONTAINS PORTIONS  THAT
 MAY BE DENIED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AS WELL AS PORTIONS THAT MUST BE
 DISCLOSED,  AN AGENCY MAY REDACT OR WITHHOLD THE PORTIONS SUBJECT TO ONE
 OR MORE OF THE PERMISSIBLE GROUNDS FOR DENIAL, BUT  SHALL  DISCLOSE  THE
 REMAINING  PORTIONS. A denial of access shall not be based solely on the
 category or type of such record and shall be valid only when there is  a
 particularized  and  specific justification for such denial. Each agency
 shall, in accordance with its published rules, make available for public
 inspection and copying all records, except that  such  agency  may  deny
 access to records or portions thereof that:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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