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ROSA A. v. D&E EQUITIES, INC.

10611, 10610, 10609, 10608, 10607, 10606, 10605. 29794/18E.

178 A.D.3d 554 (2019)

112 N.Y.S.3d 492

2019 NY Slip Op 09094

Rosa A. et al., Respondents, v. D&E Equities, Inc., et al., Respondents, and City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Gawayne Blake et al., Respondents, v. D&E Equities, Inc., et al., Respondents, and City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Ethel Stewart Hall et al., Respondents, v. D&E Equities, Inc., et al., Respondents, and City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Isadora Nembhard et al., Respondents, v. Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc., et al., Defendants, and City of New York, Appellant. Hilda Ohmteng, Respondent, v. D&E Equities, Inc., et al., Respondents, and City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Ramdhanie Rajkumar et al., Respondents, v. D&E Equities, Inc., et al., Respondents, and City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants. Carmaleta H.S. et al., Respondents, v. D&E Equities, Inc., et al., Respondents, and City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary W. Carter, New York (Jeremy W. Shweder of counsel), for appellant.

Lisa M. Comeau, Garden City, for Rosa A., Christian Moto, Catalina Santiago Sanchez, Luz H., Milka G., Noel Martinez, Enoc Martinez, Nana Y., Emelia Acheampong, Yadriana K., Gawayne B., Kadian B., Ethel Stewart Hall, Sasha A., Isadora Nembhard, Steven Kay, Hilda O., Ramdhanie Rajkumar, Janet Lockhart, Joel Rodriguez, Betty Rodriguez, Albert Bryant, Cynthia Bryant, Allen Cannon, Matthew Igbinedion, Ester Sakyl, Thiermo Diallo, Seydou Diabate, Fauta Kande, Diana Reyes, Natalyn Negron, Robert Mensah, Michael Morgan, Kenneth Owusu Kodsa, James Addo, Carmaleta H.S. and Ernesto S., respondents.

Faust Goetz Schenker & Blee, New York (Jeffrey Rubinstein of counsel), for D & E Equities, Inc., and Annal Management Company, Ltd. respondents.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Manzanet-Daniels, Kapnick, González, JJ.

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