Ordered that the final order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
Pursuant to CPLR 402, the pleadings in a special proceeding are limited to a petition, an answer, and a reply to any counterclaim asserted. "The court may permit such other pleadings as are authorized in an action upon such terms as it may specify" (CPLR 402). "[A] cross claim is not permitted in a special proceeding without leave of court" (Matter of O'Connor v D...
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