Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants met their initial burden of establishing their entitlement to summary judgment by demonstrating that the allegedly defamatory statement was qualifiedly privileged in that it was communicated only to persons with a common interest in the subject matter (see, Conciatori v Longworth,
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