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For April 2, 2021 through April 8, 2021 , the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

FORD, MATTER OF v THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (188 AD3d 415):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 11/5/20; reversal; sua sponte examination of whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Schools--Teachers--Termination of Employment--Whether penalty of termination of petitioner's employment as a teacher is shocking to one's sense of fairness; alleged constitutional violations; Supreme Court, New York County, vacated the penalty portion of an arbitration award and remanded the matter to respondents for the imposition of a lesser penalty; App. Div. reversed, reinstated the penalty and dismissed the CPLR article 75 proceeding.

IGNIS DEVELOPMENT, INC. v THE LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL (2020 NY Slip Op 71554[U]):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 9/14/20; dismissal; sua sponte examination of whether (1) the order appealed from finally determines the action; (2) the September 2020 App. Div. order necessarily affects the order appealed from; and (3) a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support the appeal taken as of right; Motions and Orders; Supreme Court, Kings County, declined to sign order to show cause; App. Div. dismissed appeal; and thereafter, denied motion, in effect, to recall and vacate the order of the court dated 6/26/20, or, in the alternative, for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals from the 6/26/20 order; Supreme Court, Kings County, thereafter, granted defendants/third-party plaintiff's motion for attorneys fees and costs.