March 13, 2025

Admissibility of a hearing transcript.

The court properly denied that branch of the plaintiffs' motion seeking to preclude the defendants from offering into evidence transcripts of the plaintiffs' testimony at hearings held pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-h. There is no provision within the CPLR, the General Municipal Law, or the Uniform Rules for the Trial Courts that requires that a transcript of a hearing held pursuant General Municipal Law § 50-h bear any particular caption or index number, or the name of an assigned judge.

Rahman v. Desch, NY Slip Op 01247 (2d Dep't March 5, 2025)

Here is the decision.