The complaint states a cause of action under amended General Municipal Law § 205-a. However, by commencing one action joining 66 plaintiffs rather than 66 separate actions, plaintiffs defeated the Legislature's main reason for converting from a commencement-by-service to a commencement-by-filing system under amended CPLR 304, i.e., to raise money for State coffers by requiring the payment of a filing fee when an action is commenced (Matter of Fry v Village of Tarrytown...
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