COUNTY OF ERIE v. DAINES, RICHARD F.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department [661] CA 12-00134 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY OF ERIE, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V ORDER RICHARD F. DAINES, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (VICTOR PALADINO OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. WHITEMAN OSTERMAN & HANNA LLP, ALBANY (CHRISTOPHER E. BUCKEY OF COUNSEL), AND NANCY ROSE STORMER, P.C., UTICA, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment (denominated order and judgment) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Donna M. Siwek, J.), entered April 1, 2011 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment granted the petition. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs (see Matter of County of Niagara v Daines, 91 AD3d 1288 ). Entered: June 8, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court