BERNARD M. BLOOM, AS KINGS COUNTY SURROGATE, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MATTHEW T. CROSSON, AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, ET AL., DEFENDANT.

82 N.Y.2d 768, 624 N.E.2d 175, 603 N.Y.S.2d 991 (1993).
October 7, 1993

3 No. 177 [1993 NY Int. 179]
Decided October 7, 1993

This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports.

Richard C. Cahn, for Appellants.
Michael Colodner, for Respondent.

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Order affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the negative for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice A. Franklin Mahoney at the Appellate Division (183 AD2d 341). Judges Simons, Titone, Hancock, Bellacosa and Smith concur. Chief Judge Kaye and Judge Levine took no part.

BERNARD M. BLOOM, AS KINGS COUNTY SURROGATE, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MATTHEW T. CROSSON, AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, ET AL., DEFENDANT.

82 N.Y.2d 768, 624 N.E.2d 175, 603 N.Y.S.2d 991 (1993). October 7, 1993

82 N.Y.2d 768, 624 N.E.2d 175, 603 N.Y.S.2d 991 (1993).
October 7, 1993