================================================================= This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 233 Eric M. Berman, P.C., et al., Respondents, v. City of New York, et al., Appellants.

Janet L. Zaleon, for appellants. Max S. Gershenoff, for respondents.

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Certification of questions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, pursuant to section 500.27 of this Court's Rules of Practice, accepted and the issues presented are to be considered after briefing and argument. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Abdus-Salaam concur. Judge Rivera took no part.

Decided November 20, 2014