Galper v. Burkes

*452Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.), entered on or about May 18, 2007, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 2201 requesting a stay of the civil action pending resolution of the criminal charges against defendant, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS court properly exercised its discretion in determining that the criminal action, involving, among other things, defendant dentist’s alleged illegal sale of prescriptions for controlled substances to a different patient, and the instant civil action, involving defendant’s purportedly negligent…