Opinion
No. OP 09-02550.
April 30, 2010.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department pursuant to CPLR 506 [b] [1]) seeking, inter alia, relief in the nature of prohibition and mandamus.
LEON R. KOZIOL, UTICA, PETITIONER PRO SE.
WILLIAM L. KOSLOSKY, UTICA, RESPONDENT PRO SE.
Present: Martoche, J.P., Smith, Fahey, Peradotto and Green, JJ.
It is hereby ordered that said petition is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum: We dismiss this CPLR article 78 petition seeking, inter alia, relief in the nature of prohibition and mandamus. "[P]etitioner here has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to either of these remedies [that] could not be safeguarded through alternative remedies" ( Matter of Galinson v Graci, 182 AD2d 819, 820; see Matter of Susskind v Stanger, 122 AD2d 213, 214-215; Matter of Raysor v Stern, 68 AD2d 786, 788-789, lv denied 48 NY2d 605, cert denied 446 US 942, reh denied 457 US 1127).