Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff, the former sheriff of Putnam County, commenced this action to recover damages for an allegedly defamatory statement made by the defendant Peter Convery (hereinafter the defendant) in a press release published in a local newspaper. In the press release, the defendant asserted, inter alia, that the plaintiff used an aircraft owned by the sheriff's department to take personal trips at the taxpayers' expense...
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