BOWEN v. VAN BRAMER

2019-13391. Index No. 704179/19.

205 A.D.3d 674 (2022)

168 N.Y.S.3d 107

2022 NY Slip Op 02975

Joshua Bowen, Respondent, v. James G. Van Bramer, Appellant.

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

Decided May 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix , Corporation Counsel, New York, NY ( Claude S. Platton and Diana Lawless of counsel), for appellant.

Dillon, J.P., Connolly, Brathwaite Nelson and Genovesi, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss the cause of action alleging defamation is granted.

In February 2019, amid public criticism, e-commerce giant Amazon cancelled its plans to build a second corporate headquarters in the Long Island City area of Queens. The plaintiff, a local restaurateur, was involved in efforts to persuade Amazon...

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