Opinion
12501 Index No. 161540/18 Case No. 2019–4642
12-01-2020
In re MICHELS CORPORATION, Petitioner–Appellant, v. The PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY et al., Respondents–Respondents.
Troutman Pepper, New York (Frank T. Cara of counsel), for appellant. Port Authority Law Department, New York (Juan M. Barragan of counsel), for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, respondent. Peckar & Abramson, PC, New York (Alan Winkler of counsel), for Walsh Construction Company II LLC, respondent.
Troutman Pepper, New York (Frank T. Cara of counsel), for appellant.
Port Authority Law Department, New York (Juan M. Barragan of counsel), for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, respondent.
Peckar & Abramson, PC, New York (Alan Winkler of counsel), for Walsh Construction Company II LLC, respondent.
Gische, J.P., Webber, Oing, Mendez, JJ.
Appeal from judgment (denominated decision and order), Supreme Court, New York County (W. Franc Perry, J.), entered on or about April 19, 2019, inter alia, denying the petition seeking, among other things, to vacate the award by respondent Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority) of a contract to respondent Walsh Construction Company II LLC (Walsh), and dismissing the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as moot.
Following a competitive bidding process, Port Authority awarded the subject contract to Walsh, which has completed the work, rendering the petition moot (see Matter of Metropolitan Steel Indus., Inc. v. Dormitory Auth. State of N.Y. , 72 A.D.3d 495, 897 N.Y.S.2d 905 [1st Dept. 2010] ). We decline to apply the exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Citineighbors Coalition of Historic Carnegie Hill v. New York City Landmarks Preserv. Commn. , 2 N.Y.3d 727, 730, 778 N.Y.S.2d 740, 811 N.E.2d 2 [2004] ; Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne , 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714–15, 431 N.Y.S.2d 400, 409 N.E.2d 876 [1980] ).