Ordered that on the Court's own motion the defendants' notice of appeal from so much of the order as sua sponte granted the plaintiffs leave to amend their complaints is treated as an application for leave to appeal, and leave to appeal is granted (see, CPLR 5701 [c]); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed and cross-appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
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