Gentry v. Finnigan

*569Order, Supreme Court, New York County (George J. Silver, J.), entered April 6, 2012, which granted defendants’ motion for a change of venue from New York County to Ulster County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff properly commenced this action arising from a motor vehicle accident in New York County based on the corporate defendant’s place of business (CPLR 503 [a]). However, the court providently exercised its discretion in granting defendants’ motion to change venue for the convenience of material witnesses (CPLR 510 [3]). Defendants showed that the New York State trooper who…