Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court correctly denied the plaintiff's request for a negligence charge based on her claim that a police officer, employed by the defendant Village of Pelham, used excessive force in arresting, detaining, and transporting her. "[N]o cause of action to recover damages for negligent assault exists in New York" (Wetzberger v City of New York,
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