Majority
p. 831Albert Prodell et al., Respondents, v State of New York, Defendant, and Town of Brookhaven, Appellant. Submitted September 18, 1995; decided September 21, 1995
Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, Third Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions
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other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, §3 [b] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).