*1 This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports.

----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 52

In the Matter of World Trade

Center Lower Manhattan Disaster

Site Litigation.

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Stanislaw Faltynowicz, et al.,

Appellants,

State of New York,

Intervenor-Appellant,

v.

Battery Park City Authority, et

al.,

Respondents.

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Santiago Alvear,

Appellant,

State of New York,

Intervenor-Appellant,

v.

Battery Park City Authority,

Respondent.

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Peter Curley et al.,

Appellants,

State of New York,

Intervenor-Appellant,

v.

Battery Park City Authority,

Respondent.

Paul J. Napoli, for appellants Alvear and Curley et al. Gregory J. Cannata, for appellants Faltynowicz, et al. Andrew W. Amend, for intervenor-appellant.

John M. Flannery, for respondents. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Certification of questions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, pursuant to section 500.27 of this Court's Rules of Practice, accepted and the issues presented are to be considered after briefing and argument. Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein, Fahey and Garcia concur. Judge Wilson took no part.

Decided February 9, 2017