Babigian v. Wachtler

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (C. Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered March 19, 1991, which, insofar as appealed from, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The same cause of action, being raised herein, was directly addressed in Babigian v Wachtler (69 NY2d 1012) and, thus, the action is barred by the doctrine of res judicata (Matter of Reilly v Reid, 45 NY2d 24). Although plaintiff notes that recent court rules now permit Housing Judges to impose sanctions (see, 22 NYCRR 130-1.4), such rules clearly do not affect…