Order unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum:
We affirm because in our view the allegedly slanderous remarks were made during the course of a Public Service Commission hearing which was in substance a quasi-judicial proceeding to which an absolute privilege attaches (Julian J. Studley, Inc. v Lefrak,
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