Mejia v. J. Crew Operating Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fernando Tapia, J.), entered July 8, 2015, which granted the motion of defendants J. Crew Operating Corp. and Global Facility Management & Construction to change venue from Bronx County to Richmond County, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the motion denied.

As an initial matter, Supreme Court erred by treating defendants’ motion to change venue as of right under CPLR 510 (1) as having been made under CPLR 510 (3).

Unless otherwise prescribed, venue is properly laid in the county where one of the parties resides when the…