Serio v. Town of Islip

“ ‘[T]he general doctrine of res judicata gives binding effect to the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and prevents the parties to an action, and those in privity with them, from subsequently re-litigating any questions that were necessarily decided therein’ ” (Landau, P.C. v LaRossa, Mitchell & Ross, 11 NY3d 8, 13 [2008], quoting Matter of Grainger [Shea Enters.], 309 NY 605, 616 [1956]; see Toscano v 4B’s Realty VIII Southampton Brick & Tile, LLC, 84 AD3d 780 [2011]). Under New York’s transactional approach to res judicata, “once a claim is brought to a final conclusion, all…