New York Attorney General Tish James plays FOIL flimflam with Cuomo probe records

New York Attorney General Tish James plays FOIL flimflam with Cuomo probe records

New York State has a rigorous Freedom of Information Law, called FOIL, where anyone can request public records from government agencies and the records will be supplied, with a few narrow exceptions. This applies equally regardless of who makes the request. So either everyone gets access or everyone gets denied. At least that’s what we thought until last week, when lawyers for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo were promised documents held by state Attorne