Tesfaye v. Swett

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas McKeon, J.), entered April 19, 1995, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by plaintiff’s brief, granted defendants’ motion for a change of venue from Bronx County to New York County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although plaintiff’s original choice of Bronx County was properly based on his residence there (CPLR 503 [a]), the City’s subsequent joinder (by plaintiff) as a party defendant, and the fact that the accident occurred in New York County, provided ample basis for a discretionary change of venue to New York County (see, McAdoo v…