MIDFIRST BANK PLAINTIFF APPELLANT v. GABRIEL STORTO DEFENDANT RESPONDENT ET AL DEFENDANTS (2014)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Memorandum:  Although plaintiff has denominated the motion giving rise to the order and judgment on appeal as a motion to vacate the order and judgment of dismissal previously issued by Supreme Court, we conclude from the papers submitted in support of the motion that it was actually a motion for leave to reargue a prior motion to vacate the order and judgment of dismissal (see Britt v. Buffalo Mun. Hous. Auth., 115 AD3d 1252, 1252;  Cronin v. Hudson Chelsea Assoc., LLC, 68 AD3d 913, 913–914).  “Although this second motion allegedly presented new legal arguments, no excuse was offered as to why these additional arguments could not have been presented in connection with [plaintiff's] earlier motion to vacate,” the motion was in effect a motion for leave to reargue, and no appeal lies from an order denying such a motion (Glowacki v. Szatkowski, 198 A.D.2d 264, 264–265).   We therefore conclude that plaintiff's appeal must be dismissed (see CPLR 5701[a][2] [viii];  Hilliard v. Highland Hosp., 88 AD3d 1291, 1292–1293;  Cronin, 68 AD3d at 914).

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court