Before: Sweeny, J.P., Buckley, Catterson, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.

Decided: April 15; 106116/08

Norman Siegel, New York, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, New York (Steven J. Hyman of counsel), and Philip Van Buren, New York, for appellants.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Elizabeth I. Freedman, Leonard Koerner, Spencer Fisher, and Stephen Kitzinger of counsel), for respondents.