The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
Prohibition is an extraordinary remedy. Though available to prevent a court from exceeding its authorized powers, the excess must be one which goes to "the very authority or power and, thus, jurisdiction of the officer, not to a mere mistake or `an error in procedure or substantive law'" (Matter of Dondi v Jones,
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