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For February 6, 2026 through February 12, 2026, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

PEOPLE v HOOKS (CHAD) (242 AD3d 463):
APL-2026-00011 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 10/7/25; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Cannataro, J., 1/30/26; Crimes—Unlawful Search and Seizure—Whether the license plate frame on the vehicle in which defendant was an occupant provided probable cause for a stop of the vehicle for a violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 402 (1)(b); Supreme Court, New York County, convicted defendant of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and sentenced him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of five years; App. Div. affirmed.

For February 13, 2026 through February 19, 2026, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

PEOPLE v HOFFMAN (CHRISTOPHER D.) (244 AD3d 1588):
APL-2026-00016 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 12/24/25; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Mackey, J., 2/3/26; Crimes--Disclosure--Whether County Court erred and abused its discretion by denying disclosure of materials relating to, and cross-examination regarding, the victim's prior allegations of sexual abuse; Crimes--Evidence--Whether County Court erred and abused its discretion by precluding or limiting evidence regarding the victim's alleged viewing of pornography and alleged use of a vibrator as irrelevant or precluded by the Rape Shield Law; Crimes--Fair Trial--Whether defendant was deprived of a fair trial by County Court's statement to the jury that a delay was caused by the defense's failure to disclose certain materials and County Court's refusal to provide a curative instruction; Crimes--Right of Confrontation-- Whether County Court erroneously curtailed defendant's cross-examination of the victim about an alleged prior inconsistent statement and whether defendant preserved an objection on Confrontation Clause grounds; Crimes--Witnesses-- Whether County Court abused its discretion by precluding three of five proffered witnesses concerning the victim's bad reputation for truth and veracity; County Court, Schuyler County, upon a verdict, convicted defendant of the crimes of criminal sexual act in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child; App. Div. affirmed.

KOLA v CITY OF NY (— AD3d —, 2026 NY Slip Op 00194):
APL-2026-00018 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 1/15/26; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution and whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved in the order appealed from; Estoppel--Collateral Estoppel--Whether the courts below properly held that collateral estoppel bars plaintiff's claims alleging violations of the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws and aiding and abetting under the New York City Human Rights Laws because the same issues were raised, fully litigated and necessarily decided in a prior decision denying CPLR article 78 relief; whether plaintiff's religious discrimination claims failed to state a cause of action because they did not connect plaintiff's alleged religious beliefs to the requirement for vaccination; whether there is a private right of action under the Free Exercise Clause of the New York State Constitution when the alleged wrongs could be addressed with alternate remedies; Supreme Court, New York County, granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint and denied plaintiff's cross-motion for leave to amend the complaint; App. Div. affirmed.

PLUMBERS LOCAL v NYC DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS (243 AD3d 456):
APL-2026-00019 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 11/13/25; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by the Appellate Division, 2/10/26; Parties--Standing--Whether petitioners-plaintiffs, a trade union made up of welders and its business manager, demonstrated standing to seek declaratory relief and relief in the nature of mandamus to compel The New York City Department of Buildings to enforce the gas, plumbing, and welding worker qualifications as set forth in the New York City Administrative Code and the Fuel Gas Code, which address gas authorization approvals and gas qualification applications; Supreme Court, New York County, granted the cross-motion of respondent agency New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and its acting commissioner to dismiss the amended petition and complaint seeking relief in the nature of mandamus to compel DOB to perform its duty (first cause of action), an order annulling prior approvals of gas pipe authorizations and worker qualification applications as arbitrary and capricious and affected by an error of law (second cause of action), and a judgment declaring that the DOB is obligated to enforce gas safety requirements and deny gas authorization requests where the welders are unqualified or missing qualifications (third cause of action), and dismissed this hybrid proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78; App. Div. affirmed.