The action was properly dismissed on the ground that plaintiff's claims, including that the warrant of eviction was obtained fraudulently, should have been raised in the Civil Court proceeding that resulted in the issuance of the warrant. A litigant's remedy for alleged fraud in the course of a legal proceeding "lies exclusively in that lawsuit itself, i.e., by moving pursuant to CPLR 5015 to vacate the civil judgment due to its fraudulent procurement, not a second plenary...
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