Coffey v. CRP/Extell Parcel I, L.P.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered April 2, 2013, inter alia, declaring the option agreement rescinded, and ordering defendants to release and return the escrowed down payments, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court correctly found that defendants are barred by the doctrine of collateral estoppel from relitigating the issues raised here, since those issues were fully and fairly litigated in the administrative proceeding that culminated in the hybrid CPLR article 78 proceeding/reformation action, which affirmed a determination by the Office of the…