A Manhattan federal judge on Friday refused to temporarily block the city’s release of law enforcement disciplinary records following the repeal of New York’s police secrecy law, rejecting claims that the move would endanger officer safety and damage their future job prospects.

The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York, allowed New York City’s new transparency law to go into nearly full effect, though the decision was stayed until Monday afternoon to allow a coalition of law enforcement unions to file an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]