Prado v. Walsh-Atkinson Co.

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered August 16, 1994, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendants’ motion for a change of venue from Bronx County to Queens County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The requested change of venue was properly denied in the absence of a statement that the witnesses whose convenience defendants espouse were contacted, and indicating the manner in which they would be inconvenienced (see, Soufan v Argo Pneumatic Co., 170 AD2d 289, 290; Molod v Amundsen, 194 AD2d 429). There is no presumption that a witness will be inconvenienced…