Dinnerstein v. New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stanley Parness, J.), entered June 17, 1998, which denied petitioner’s motion to vacate a stipulation settling this CPLR article 78 proceeding, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Petitioner’s submissions are insufficient to demonstrate that he was suffering from an incapacitating “mental disorder” at the time he entered into the stipulation, which he did in open court before the Special Referee, affirmatively representing that he understood the stipulation and had no questions concerning it, while represented by counsel (see, Hallock v State of New York,…