Plaintiffs had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issues they would raise in this action in the prior, and now concluded, Civil Court proceeding, in which the very same issues were determined against a party with whom they were in privity. This being the case, the instant litigation is precluded by the doctrine of collateral estoppel (see, Corto v Lefrak,
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