BRAUNSTEIN v. DAY

2019-05274. Index No. 34256/16.

195 A.D.3d 589 (2021)

144 N.Y.S.3d 624

2021 NY Slip Op 03438

Shalom Braunstein, Appellant, v. Edwin J. Day, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided June 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sussman and Associates, Goshen, NY ( Michael H. Sussman and Jonathan R. Goldman of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas E. Humbach , County Attorney, New City, NY ( Larraine S. Feiden of counsel), for respondent.

Austin, J.P., Duffy, Iannacci and Wooten, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In October 2016, the plaintiff commenced this action against the defendant, Edwin J. Day, the Rockland County Executive, seeking to recover damages for defamation. The plaintiff alleged in the complaint that he is the principal of an entity that was the prospective buyer of nursing care facilities owned and operated by Rockland County, and that, after the transaction failed to close on the closing date, the defendant...

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