A litigant whose cause of action was not yet time-barred on September 4, 1996, the effective date of the amendment to CPLR 214 (6) shortening the Statute of Limitations for all nonmedical professional malpractice claims from six to three years, but was immediately time-barred by the new limitation is entitled to a reasonable period of time to commence his or her action (Coastal Broadway Assocs. v Raphael,
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