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p. 1077Owl Homes of Fredonia, Inc., Appellant, v Robert L. Murphy, Sr., et al., Individually and Doing Business as Gypsum Mills Estates, Respondents. Owl Homes of Fredonia, Inc., Appellant, v Victor Estates Homes et al., Respondents. [607 NYS2d 513]
—Motion for leave to amend cross notice of appeal denied. Memorandum: Because a notice of appeal constitutes a jurisdictional prerequisite for an appeal, the notice cannot be amended to add parties appellant after the time to serve and file the notice has elapsed (see, Matter of May v Accident & Cas. Ins. Co., 275 App Div 1007 ; see also, CPLR 5514 [c]). Present—Denman, P. J., Pine, Lawton, Doerr and Boehm, JJ. [Filed Dec. 1,1993.)