Matter of Newsday, LLC v County of Nassau

Holding The court held that the County failed to provide particularized justification for denying disclosure of cybersecurity contract details and past public calendars, requiring an in camera inspection to determine redactions. The judgment was modified to direct the production of unredacted records for inspection and remitted the matter for a new determination on fees.

The court’s words

none of the affidavits explained how disclosure of the requested information, which consisted of "the vendors' names, the cost, [and] the duration" of the subject contracts, would jeopardize the County's capacity to guarantee the security of its information technology assets

2026 NY Slip Op 05310, at the official text

McCormac's affirmation was insufficient to establish that the disclosure of any portion of the County Executive's past public calendars, including but not limited to the County Executive's public appearances, could endanger the County Executive's life or safety

2026 NY Slip Op 05310, at the official text

If the court is unable to determine whether withheld documents fall entirely within the scope of the asserted exemption, it should conduct an in camera inspection of representative documents and order disclosure of all nonexempt, appropriately redacted material

2026 NY Slip Op 05310, at the official text