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

ALVAREZ MATTER OF v ANNUCCI (186 AD3d 704):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 8/19/20; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Court of Appeals, 5/4/21; Rule 500.11 review pending; Crimes--Sex Offenders--Whether the correctional facility where petitioner was incarcerated after his release to postrelease supervision met the statutory requirements for Residential Treatment Facilities with regard to sex offenders or to petitioner individually; whether the residency restriction of the Sexual Assault Reform Act (SARA) applies to sex offenders on postrelease supervision who have completed their prison sentence; Supreme Court, Queens County, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus to compel respondent, among other things, to release petitioner from Queensboro Correction Facility, granted respondent's motion to dismiss the petition, and dismissed the proceeding; App. Div. affirmed.

GRAFTON, PEOPLE ex rel. v DZURENDA (2021 NY Slip Op 67305[U]):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 6/7/21; denial of application for a writ of habeas corpus; sua sponte examination of whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Habeas Corpus--When Remedy Available; App. Div., inter alia, denied the application for a writ of habeas corpus.

MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KING (2021 NY Slip Op 67723[U]):
3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 6/11/21; sua sponte examination of whether the order appealed from finally determines the proceeding within the meaning of the Constitution and whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Appeal--Stay; App. Div., inter alia, denied appellant's motion for a stay pending appeal.

KITTY HOLDING CORP. v CORRITETTE, d/b/a BOULEVARD DESIGN INC. (70 Misc 3d 137[A], 2021 NY Slip Op 50072[U]):
App Term 9th and 10th Judicial Districts order of 2/4/21; dismissal and affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Landlord and Tenant--Eviction; First District Court of Nassau County, awarded landlord possession in a holdover summary proceeding (3/7/19 judgment); and thereafter, denied tenant's motion to, among other things, stay the execution of a warrant of eviction (3/25/19 order); App Term dismissed the appeal from the judgment and affirmed the order.

XIE v YAN FANG CHEN (2021 NY Slip Op 67286[U]):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 6/7/21; dismissal of appeal; sua sponte examination of whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Appeal--Dismissal; Supreme Court, Kings County, granted defendant's motion for summary judgment; App. Div. dismissed the appeal.

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

AZEEZ, PEOPLE ex rel. v NOETH (193 AD3d 1370):
4th Dept. App. Div. order of 4/30/21; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal; Habeas Corpus--When Remedy Appropriate; Supreme Court, Wyoming County, denied the habeas corpus petition; App. Div. affirmed.

COLEMAN v J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (190 AD3d 931):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 1/27/21; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether the appeal was timely taken and whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Mortgages--Foreclosure; Supreme Court, Kings County, denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the complaint and, in effect, upon searching the record, awarded summary judgment to the defendant dismissing the complaint; App. Div. affirmed.

MANKO v MANNOR (2021 NY Slip Op 66341[U]):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 5/20/21; denial of motion; sua sponte examination of whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution and whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Motions and orders--Motion to vacate and reconsider; App. Div. denied the motion to vacate and reconsider decisions and orders of the court entered October 28, 2008 (Appeal No. 4425) and December 10. 2009 (Appeal Nos. 1720-1721), and the orders of the court entered November 19, 2019 (M-7525) and September 15, 2009 (Ms-4032/4042).