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Simpson Thacher Represents NYCLU Pro Bono in Suit Against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
02.01.23
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Simpson Thacher is serving as pro bono counsel for the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) in a lawsuit filed Monday against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). The lawsuit alleges that DOCCS unlawfully denied in part NYCLU’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking records relating to alleged misconduct by DOCCS’ corrections and parole officers. NYCLU submitted a FOIL request on October 16, 2020 seeking public records specifically authorized to be disclosed under state FOIL after New York’s repeal of Civil Rights Law § 50-a, a statute that had been used for decades to bar the disclosure of misconduct by law enforcement.
The lawsuit received media coverage by several publications, including New York Law Journal, Yahoo!, Buffalo News, Ithaca Journal and News10.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Linton Mann III, Alison Sher, Nicole Palmadesso and Kelsey Vickery.