Siegfried v. Siegfried

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sherry Klein Heitler, J.), entered April 9, 1998, which denied plaintiff’s motion for the IAS Justice to recuse herself, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS Justice refused to disqualify herself, explaining that she has no personal relationship with defendant’s prospective witness, she immediately disclosed her membership in the same synagogue as said witness, and to step aside a year later, after having presided over several conferences, would serve only to delay the matter. We are persuaded that the IAS Justice examined her conscience, and,…