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For April 25, 2025 through May 1, 2025, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

CV XXVIII v WILLIAMS (236 AD3d 753):
APL-2025-00078 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/12/25; 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; Limitation of Actions--Commencement of Action after Termination of Prior Action--Whether the mortgage foreclosure action was properly dismissed as time-barred under the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA); whether certain provisions of FAPA, and the application of FAPA in this case, are unconstitutional; Supreme Court, Kings County, among other things, in effect, granted the branch of the motion of defendant Mark Williams which was, in effect, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him as time-barred; App. Div. affirmed.

For May 2, 2025 through May 8, 2025, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

BEADELL v EROS MANAGEMENT (229 AD3d 43):
APL-2025-00073 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 5/7/24; reversal; leave to appeal granted by the Court of Appeals, 4/15/25; Negligence--Duty--Whether a hotel owner and operator can be held liable for failing to prevent a guest's suicide under a theory of assumed duty where the hotel did not immediately call the police at a family member's request; Supreme Court, New York County, among other things, denied the motion of defendants Eros Management Realty, LLC, Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc., Christian Aldoy, and TRYP Management, Inc. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against Eros Management Realty, LLC and TRYP Management, Inc.; App. Div., with one Justice dissenting, reversed, granted motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against Eros and TRYP, and dismissed the complaint.

PEOPLE v GAFFNEY (LUKE J.) (232 AD3d 1228):
APL-2025-00077 4th Dept. App. Div. order of 11/15/24; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Wilson, Ch. J., 4/22/25; Crimes--Right to Counsel--Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the verdict as repugnant; County Court, Cayuga County, convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer; App. Div. affirmed.

MATTER OF LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN v NYS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (— AD3d —, 2025 NY Slip Op 02115):
APL-2025-00081 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 4/10/25; affirmance; Proceeding Against Body or Officer-- Whether respondent Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) improperly acted without legislative authority by promulgating regulations creating a system of voluntary placement of children in "host homes" (18 NYCRR Part 444); whether respondent OCFS acted arbitrarily and capriciously by promulgating the subject regulations because they are inconsistent with existing law; Supreme Court, Rensselaer County, dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding under CPLR article 78, to review certain regulations enacted by respondent Office of Children and Family Services; App. Div., with two Justices dissenting, affirmed.