Opinion
May 24, 2001.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe III, J.), entered May 26, 2000, which denied the motion of defendant Town and Village of Scarsdale (Scarsdale) for a change of venue from New York County to Westchester County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Martin M. McGlynn, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Wallach, Lerner, Friedman, JJ.
Scarsdale's motion for a change of venue was properly denied. Scarsdale's 16-month delay in making its motion was inordinate since it possessed the information necessary to the motion from the time of the action's commencement and offered no reasonable excuse for the delay (see, CPLR 511[a]; Schwartz v. Armand Erpf Estate, 232 A.D.2d 316).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.