Opinion
July 13, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.).
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The appeal must be dismissed as academic since the operating certificate at issue expired by its own terms on March 31, 1998 ( see, Social Services Law §§ 460-b Soc. Serv., 460-d Soc. Serv.; 18 NYCRR 485.5, 485.6, 485.7), and the record presents no exception to the mootness doctrine ( see, Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707). In light of our determination, we do not reach the merits of the petitioner's claims regarding, inter alia, standing and discovery.
O'Brien, J. P., Santucci, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.