Kane, J.
Plaintiffs, environmental activists who regularly spoke at municipal board meetings, claim that they were defamed by defendants, who are county legislators. Specifically, as relevant here, defendant Peter W. FitzRandolph told a newspaper reporter that members of the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators were "all really sick of it. I don't think one person on the Legislature gives [plaintiffs] any credence at all . . . Quite often we just tune them out...
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