In an action to recover damages for defamation, the defendants appeal (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Diamond, J.), dated January 3, 2012, which denied their motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a), and (2), as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the same court dated May 7, 2012, as, upon renewal, adhered to the original determination.
Ordered that the appeal from the order dated January 3, 2012, is dismissed...
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