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For April 9, 2021 through April 15, 2021, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

BROOKDALE PHYSICIANS' DIALYSIS ASSOCIATES, INC., MATTER OF v DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (178 AD3d 443):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 12/3/19; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Court of Appeals, 3/30/21; Taxation--Whether the building owned by petitioner, a not-for- profit organization, that is leased to respondent, a for-profit corporation, qualifies for tax exempt status under Real Property Tax Law § 420-a; Supreme Court, New York County, granted petition brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 to annul a determination of respondent, dated 4/4/17, which denied petitioners' application for an exemption from real property taxation, and denied respondent's cross motion to dismiss the petition; App. Div. affirmed.

GRADY v CHENANGO VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (190 AD3d 1218):
3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 1/28/21; affirmance with two-Justice dissents; Rule 500.11 review pending; Negligence--Assumption of Risk--Whether defendants were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff assumed the risk of injury; plaintiff alleged injuries sustained after being struck by baseball during practice drill were caused by defendants' negligence; Supreme Court, Broome County, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint; App. Div. affirmed.