Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly denied the plaintiffs' motion to vacate a stipulation of settlement placed on the record in open court. Generally, "[s]tipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and are not to be lightly set aside, especially where, as here, the part[ies] seeking to vacate the stipulation [were] represented by counsel" (Kelley v Chavez,
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