AP investigative journalists Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman memorably proclaimed the NYPD to be "less transparent than CIA, FBI and NSA" when it came to responding to FOI requests. Apparently, the NYPD finds this assessment of its obfuscation skills to be underwhelming, as other notable entities like "the Kremlin in its Cold War prime" and "the North Korean Ministry of People's Security 1948-present" were not included in the journalists' depiction of the department.

DNAinfo reports that the NYPD is now shutting down local journalist's access to police blotters.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131206/14523825491/nypd-now-preventing-journalists-accessing-police-blotters.shtml