Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
This action has its basis in the 1982 and 1984 campaigns for State Assembly for the 25th Assembly District in Queens. In 1982, the plaintiff John F. Duane defeated incumbent Douglas Prescott, a defendant herein. The statements challenged as defamatory were published either prior to or during the 1984 campaign and the majority of them comment on the tactics employed during the plaintiff's 1982...
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