Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the petitioner's contention, the Supreme Court properly denied her request for attorney's fees pursuant to 42 USC § 1988. The petitioner's cause of action, "essentially to compel prompt compliance with a decision after a hearing, was not a bona fide civil rights cause of action pursuant to 42 USC § 1983" (Matter of Ferraro v Perales,
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