New York: Court orders names redacted in gun database

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A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that the home addresses of gun permit holders and hate crime victims must be redacted from databases released under the state's Freedom of Information Law.The case stemmed from several requests for data that The New York Times filed in 2010 with the New York Police Department. The city denied the requests, but in November 2011, a lower court directed the department to provide the data with the addresses.

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