FOIL Protection:
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FOIL Information Applications to the State, including their accompanying documents, are subject to the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) found in
Article 6 of the N.Y. Public Officer Law. FOIL provides that certain records are exempt from disclosure, including those that contain (1) trade secrets, (2) information that, if disclosed, would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of your organization, or (3) critical infrastructure information. Please identify those portions of your application and accompanying documents you believe fall under these exemptions by submitting a letter with specificity any content the business deems fall within a FOIL exemption.
Blanket assertions that information is a trade secret, confidential, or proprietary are insufficient to justify withholding information under FOIL. The identified information will be reviewed and a determination will be made as to whether the information is exempt from disclosure under FOIL. The State’s determination may be appealed pursuant to POL §89(5)(c).
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