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For April 10, 2026 through April 16, 2026, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

MATTER OF FLEISCHER v FRIEDMAN (246 AD3d 1084):
APL-2026-00042 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 2/25/26; modification; sua sponte examination of whether the order appealed from finally determines the proceeding within the meaning of the Constitution and whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Arbitration--Award--Whether the arbitration award was properly confirmed; alleged constitutional violations; Supreme Court, Queens County, in a proceeding under CPLR article 75 to confirm an arbitration award dated August 15, 2019, upon an order of the same court, dated May 4, 2021, granted the petition and denied the cross-motion of Rafe Friedman to vacate or modify the arbitration award and to seal documents referencing psychiatric information, confirmed the arbitration award, and awarded petitioner prejudgment interest from August 15, 2019; App. Div. modified by awarding petitioner prejudgment interest from September 14, 2019, as so modified affirmed, and remitted to Supreme Court for a calculation of prejudgment interest and entry of an amended judgment.

PEOPLE v NORLITE (246 AD3d 1346):
APL-2026-00041 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 2/26/26; affirmance; 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; Environmental Conservation--Air Pollution Control--Whether state plaintiffs' motion to dismiss intervenor's cross-claims seeking, among other things, a declaration that permitting the continued operation of defendant's industrial facility violates intervenor's rights to a clean and healthful environment under the Green Amendment to the New York Constitution (NY Const, art I, § 19), was properly granted; whether the Green Amendment provides a private right of action; Supreme Court, Albany County, among other things, granted a motion by certain plaintiffs to partially dismiss certain cross-claims; App. Div. affirmed.

WESLOWSKI v ZUGIBE (— AD3d —, 2026 NY Slip Op 01244):
APL-2026-00039 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/4/26; affirmance; 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; Motions and Orders; Supreme Court, Rockland County, denied plaintiff's motion to direct the entry of a final judgment against plaintiff and granted defendants' cross-motion for sanctions; App. Div. affirmed.

For April 17, 2026 through April 23, 2026, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

PEOPLE v BROWN-SHOOK (SALINA) (245 AD3d 1028):
APL-2026-00036 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 1/15/26; reversal; leave to appeal granted by Clark, J., 3/19/26; Crimes--Plea of Guilty--Withdrawal of Plea--Whether the Appellate Division erred in concluding that the exception to the preservation requirement applied to defendant's challenge to her plea based on her statements at a post-plea hearing on her application for alternative sentencing--Whether the Appellate Division erred by vacating defendant's guilty plea; Crimes--Whether defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel; County Court, Rensselaer County, convicted defendant, upon her plea of guilty, of the crimes of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree; App. Div. reversed a judgment of conviction and remitted for further proceedings.

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION v WEISS (— AD3d —, 2026 NY Slip Op 01339):
APL-2026-00043 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/11/26; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved in the order appealed from; Mortgages--Foreclosure--Whether the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act's retroactive application violates procedural and substantive due process or the prohibition against the impairment of contracts; Supreme Court, Kings County, in an action to foreclose on a mortgage, granted the motion of defendants David Weiss and Maleic Heisenberg, sued herein as John Doe, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as time-barred and on their counterclaim pursuant to RPAPL 1501(4) to cancel and discharge of record the mortgage.; App. Div. affirmed.

MATTER OF THE PEOPLE BY JAMES v COMMONS WEST (— AD3d —, 2026 NY Slip Op 01253):
APL-2026-00035 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/5/26; affirmance; Civil Rights--Discrimination in Housing--Whether Executive Law § 296(5)(a)(1), which forbids housing discrimination based on individuals' lawful source of income, including housing assistance under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, is unconstitutional on its face because it effectively requires landlords to take part in the Section 8 program, which in turn obligates landlords to consent to warrantless searches of their premises and records in violation of the Fourth Amendment; Supreme Court, Tompkins County, in a proceeding under Executive Law § 63(12), granted respondents' motion to dismiss the petition; Supreme Court, Tompkins County, among other things, granted respondents' cross-motion for summary judgment on their counterclaim for a declaration that Executive Law § 296(5)(a)(1) is unconstitutional on its face; App. Div. affirmed.

MATTER OF JONAH M. (— AD3d —, 2026 NY Slip Op 01905):
APL-2026-00044 4th Dept. App. Div. order of 3/27/26; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether the dissent at the Appellate Division is on a question of law; Parent, Child and Family-- Termination of Parental Rights--Whether petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that it made diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the relationship between the father and the child and that the father failed to plan for the child's future; Family Court, Onondaga County, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, among other things, terminated the parental rights of respondent with respect to the subject child; App. Div., with two Justices dissenting, affirmed.

PEOPLE v ORTIZ (ROBERT) (233 AD3d 628):
APL-2026-00031 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 12/31/24; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Troutman, J., 3/17/26; Courts--Appellate Division--Whether the Appellate Division lacked jurisdiction, under CPL 470.15 (1) and People v LaFontaine (92 NY2d 470 [1998]), to determine whether defendant was subject to a strip search; Crimes--Unlawful Search and Seizure--Whether defendant was subject to a strip search when a police officer pulled his pants and underwear forward and reached into defendant's underwear to retrieve a bag that contained drugs; Supreme Court, New York County, denied defendant's CPL 440.10 motion to vacate his conviction; Supreme Court, New York County, convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentenced him, as a second felony drug offender previously convicted of a violent felony, to a term of six years; App. Div. affirmed a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, and an order of the same court that denied defendant's CPL 440.10 motion to vacate his conviction.