Opinion
Submitted December 4, 1978
Decided January 9, 1979
Motion for leave to appeal denied. The Court of Appeals restates the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see, e.g., Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 N.Y. 284, 297-298 [CARDOZO, Ch. J.]; Matter of Brooklyn Hosp. v Lennon, 45 N.Y.2d 820).