Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's second and third causes of action sounding in defamation. The plaintiff failed to comply with the requirement set forth in CPLR 3016 (a) that the "particular words complained of shall be set forth in the complaint" (CPLR 3016 [a]; see also, Varela v Investors Ins. Holding Corp.,
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