Lopez v. Chaliwit

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Jerry Crispino, J.), entered March 3, 1999, which, inter alla, granted the cross motion of the Chaliwit defendants to consolidate the two actions and transfer the matter to Westchester County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

While it is true that the venue of two actions, initially placed in separate counties, generally lies where the first action was commenced (Bernstein v Silverman, 228 AD2d 325, 326) and plaintiff commenced her first action in the Bronx, CPLR 510 nonetheless authorizes a court to change venue for the convenience of material…