Opinion
Submitted April 18, 2001.
May 7, 2001.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for Federal civil rights violations, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (LaCava, J.), entered January 4, 2001, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
John A. Fico, Corporation Counsel (Martino Weiss, Mount Vernon, N Y [Leonard A. Weiss] of counsel), for appellants.
Joseph A. Maria, White Plains, N.Y. (Andrew W. Bilinski of counsel), for respondent.
Before: RITTER, J.P., ALTMAN, McGINITY, SMITH and COZIER, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint (see, Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131; Lopez v. Shaughnessy, 260 A.D.2d 551; Gorman v. Sachem Cent. School Dist., 232 A.D.2d 452; Liu v. New York City Police Dept., 216 A.D.2d 67, lv denied 87 N.Y.2d 802, cert denied 517 U.S. 1167).