Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.
It is well settled that the death of a party stays the action as to him or her pending the substitution of a legal representative, and any determination rendered without such a substitution is generally deemed a nullity (see CPLR 1015; Matter of Einstoss,
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