Ordered that the order dated November 21, 2011, is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for a hearing on the issue of whether the defendant is guilty of civil and/or criminal contempt.
"Civil contempt (see Judiciary Law § 753) `has as its aim the vindication of a private party to litigation'" (Dalessio v Kressler,
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