*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1198

CA 15-00610

PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF ANTHONY DESA, M.B., B.S.,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V ORDER STATE OF NEW YORK, SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, WILLIAM D. GRANT, Ed.D, AND STEPHEN J. KNOHL, M.D., RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 2.)

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (ROBERT M. GOLDFARB OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

WEISBERG & ZUKHER, PLLC, SYRACUSE (DAVID E. ZUKHER OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (James P. Murphy, J.), entered June 20, 2014 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The order awarded petitioner attorney’s fees and costs.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs ( see Villar v Howard , 126 AD3d 1297, 1300).

Entered: November 13, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court