ROACHE v. CITY OF MOUNT VERNON


160 A.D.2d 863 (1990)

Ethel Roache, Appellant, v. City of Mount Vernon, Defendant, and Mount Vernon Housing Authority, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 16, 1990


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

"The Trial Judge's assessment of the credibility of the witness' testimony is to be afforded great weight" (Matter of Liccione v John H., 65 N.Y.2d 826, 827). Moreover, where, as here, the physical characteristics of the witnesses were a critical issue, the Supreme Court, Westchester County, was in the best position to evaluate the evidence, and we perceive no basis in the record...

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