Order reversed, without costs, defendants' motion granted and complaint dismissed.
Memorandum:
Special Term was without authority to grant plaintiff an extension of time to serve her summons and complaint. CPLR 321 (subd [c]), upon which Special Term relied, provides that "[i]f an attorney * * * is * * * suspended * * * at any time before judgment, no further proceeding shall be taken in the action against the party for whom he appeared, without leave...
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