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In a tax certiorari proceeding pursuant to Real Property Tax Law article 7, the Department of Assessment, the Assessment Review Commission, and the County of Nassau appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Maraño, J.), dated November 30, 2015, which granted the petitioner’s motion pursuant to CPLR 306-b to extend the time to complete service of process.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting, in the interest of justice, the petitioner’s motion pursuant to CPLR 306-b to extend the time to complete service of process on the appellants (see Leader v Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer, 97 NY2d 95 , 105-106 [2001]; Rosenzweig v 600 N. St., LLC, 35 AD3d 705 , 706 [2006]). The petitioner’s time to effect service of process was properly extended since the verified petition demonstrated the merits of the proceeding, the petition was timely filed, the statute of limitations had expired by the time the petitioner moved to extend its time to complete service of process, and there was no demonstrable prejudice to the appellants which would militate against granting the extension of time to serve them (see CPLR 105 [u]; Leader v Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer, 97 NY2d at 105-106 ; Gabbar v Flatlands Commons, LLC, 150 AD3d 1084 , 1084-1085 [2017]; Abu-Aqlein v El-Jamal, 44 AD3d 884 , 885 [2007]; Beauge v New York City Tr. Auth., 282 AD2d 416 [2001]; Busier v Corbett, 259 AD2d 13
Mastro, J.P., Cohen, LaSalle and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- Leader v. Maroney, Ponzini & Spencer 97 NY2d 95 at 105-106 p. 666
- Rosenzweig v. 600 North Street, LLC 35 AD3d 705 at 706 p. 666
- Gabbar v. Flatlands Commons, LLC 150 AD3d 1084 at 1084-1085 p. 666
- Abu-Aqlein v. El-Jamal 44 AD3d 884 at 885 p. 666
- Busler v. Corbett 259 AD2d 13 p. 666