“We note that the Legislature amended Public Officers Law § 87(2) in 2021 to specifically require that denials of access under FOIL provide a “particularized and specific justification” for records being withheld. Your response does not comport with this requirement. Other than merely citing to two exemptions broadly, you do not particularize and specify the exemptions and their application to this request, thereby preventing a meaningful review on our end.”
