Opinion
Index No. 605704/16 No. 2020-07149
05-03-2023
Antoinette Trovato, etc., Respondent, v. Galaxy Sanitation Services of New York, Inc., et al., Defendants, Michael Cholowsky, Appellant.
Ortoli Rosenstadt, LLP, New York, NY (Marc S. Gottlieb of counsel), for appellant. LaMonica Herbst & Maniscalco, LLP, Wantagh, NY (David A. Blansky and Wendy J. Rothstein of counsel), for respondent.
Ortoli Rosenstadt, LLP, New York, NY (Marc S. Gottlieb of counsel), for appellant.
LaMonica Herbst & Maniscalco, LLP, Wantagh, NY (David A. Blansky and Wendy J. Rothstein of counsel), for respondent.
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P., LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JOSEPH A. ZAYAS, LILLIAN WAN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract and for declaratory relief, the defendant Michael Cholowsky appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Timothy S. Driscoll, J.), entered August 20, 2020. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted the plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 306-b to extend the time to serve the summons and complaint upon the defendant Michael Cholowsky.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
It is the obligation of the appellant to assemble a proper record on appeal (see Lee v Barnett, 134 A.D.3d 908, 910; 425 E. 26th St. Owners Corp. v Beaton, 128 A.D.3d 766, 767). An appellant's record must contain all of the relevant papers that were before the Supreme Court (see CPLR 5526; Aurora Indus., Inc. v Halwani, 102 A.D.3d 900, 901; Fernald v Vinci, 13 A.D.3d 333).
Here, the record on appeal is inadequate. The appellant failed to include, among other things, documents that the Supreme Court relied upon in rendering its determination. Accordingly, dismissal of the appeal is the appropriate disposition (see Matter of Progressive Specialty Ins. Co. v Seng Jin Jang, 211 A.D.3d 736, 736; Reyes v Eleftheria Rest. Corp., 162 A.D.3d 808, 809).
DUFFY, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, ZAYAS and WAN, JJ., concur.