Matter of Gray Media Group, Inc. v City of Watertown

Matter of Gray Media Group, Inc. v City of Watertown 2021 NY Slip Op 03760 Decided on June 11, 2021 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 11, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, PERADOTTO, CURRAN, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.
617 CA 21-00068

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF GRAY MEDIA GROUP, INC., PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

v

CITY OF WATERTOWN AND JEFFREY M. SMITH, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WATERTOWN, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC, SYRACUSE (JONATHAN B. FELLOWS OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

BALLARD SPAHR, LLP, NEW YORK CITY (JOSEPH SLAUGHTER OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Jefferson County (James P. McClusky, J.), entered August 18, 2020 in a CPLR article 78 proceeding. The judgment granted the petition.

Now, upon reading and filing the stipulation of discontinuance signed by the attorneys for the parties on March 9 and 10, 2021,

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs upon stipulation.

Entered: June 11, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court