Defendant, citing Judiciary Law § 21, argues categorically that, whenever a matter is tried to conclusion and the trial judge becomes unavailable to adjudicate a posttrial CPLR 4404 motion, as occurred here, there must be a new trial. We, however, decline to apply Judiciary Law § 21 in so rigid a fashion and find that, under all of the circumstances presented, the
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