Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York September 22, 1997 (Wheeler v. Commissioner of Social Services)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rosenblatt, J. P.

The case before us involves the confidentiality of records kept under Social Services Law § 372.

When she was just under 13 years old the plaintiff Monique Wheeler (hereinafter the plaintiff) was placed in a group home owned and operated by the defendant Graham Windham Services for Family and Children (hereinafter Graham Windham).