Before: Jacobs, Ch.J.; Walker and Calabresi, C.JJ.

Decided: Jan. 27, 2010

RICHARD A. ENGELBERG, Kreines & Engelberg, Mineola, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

EDWARD F.X. HART (Leonard Koerner, on the brief), of Counsel, for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Respondents- Appellees.