*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 618

CA 16-02077

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND SCUDDER, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF MARGARET WOOSTER, CLAYTON S.

"JAY" BURNEY, JR., LYNDA K. STEPHENS AND JAMES E.

CARR, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER QUEEN CITY LANDING, LLC, CITY OF BUFFALO PLANNING

BOARD AND CITY OF BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL,

RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

(APPEAL NO. 2.)

ARTHUR J. GIACALONE, BUFFALO, AND LIPPES & LIPPES, FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS.

HOPKINS SORGI & ROMANOWSKI PLLC, BUFFALO (MARC A. ROMANOWSKI OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT QUEEN CITY LANDING, LLC. TIMOTHY A. BALL, CORPORATION COUNSEL, BUFFALO (JESSICA M. LAZARIN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS CITY OF BUFFALO PLANNING BOARD AND CITY OF BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL. Appeal from a judgment (denominated order and judgment) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Donna M. Siwek, J.), entered November 9, 2016 in this CPLR article 78 proceeding. The judgment granted those parts of respondents’ motions to dismiss the claim of petitioners alleging that respondents violated the performance bond provisions of General City Law §§ 27-a (7) and 33 (8) (a).

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Matter of Wooster v Queen City Landing, LLC ([appeal No. 1] ___ AD3d ___ [May 5, 2017]).

Entered: May 5, 2017 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court