*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 661

CA 12-00134

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY OF ERIE,

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V ORDER RICHARD F. DAINES, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND NEW YORK

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,

RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (VICTOR PALADINO OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA LLP, ALBANY (CHRISTOPHER E. BUCKEY OF COUNSEL), AND NANCY ROSE STORMER, P.C., UTICA, FOR

PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment (denominated order and judgment) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Donna M. Siwek, J.), entered April 1, 2011 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment granted the petition.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs ( see Matter of County of Niagara v Daines , 91 AD3d 1288).

Entered: June 8, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court