Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
Although an individual's right to representation by counsel of his choice is not absolute, "any restriction imposed on that right will be carefully scrutinized", and that right "will not yield unless confronted with some overriding competing public interest" (Matter of Abrams...
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