Gelobter v. Fox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*830The motion to dismiss the appeal from the order entered October 7, 2010, must be granted. The plaintiff’s underlying motion, although denominated as one for leave to renew and reargue, was, in actuality, a motion for leave to reargue, the denial of which is not appealable (see Coccia v Liotti, 70 AD3d 747 [2010]).
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