Mazinov v Rella, 2010 NY Slip Op 09479 (App. Div., 2nd 2010)
A motion for leave to reargue "shall be based upon matters of fact or law allegedly overlooked or misapprehended by the court in determining the prior motion, but shall not include any matters of fact not offered on the prior motion" (CPLR 2221[d][2]). A motion for leave to reargue "is not designed to provide an unsuccessful party with successive opportunities to reargue issues previously decided, or to present arguments different from those originally presented" (McGill v Goldman, 261 AD2d 593, 594; see V. Veeraswamy Realty v Yenom Corp., 71 AD3d 874; Woody's Lbr. Co., Inc. v Jayram Realty Corp., 30 AD3d 590; Gellert & Rodner v Gem Community Mgt., Inc., 20 AD3d 388; Pryor v Commonwealth Land Tit. Ins. Co., 17 AD3d 434; Amato v Lord & Taylor, Inc., 10 AD3d 374). Here, the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiffs' motion for leave to reargue since they failed to show that the Supreme Court overlooked or misapprehended the relevant facts or misapplied any controlling principle of law and improperly presented arguments not previously advanced (see CPLR 2221[d][2]).
Rostant v Swersky, 2010 NY Slip Op 08987 (App. Div., 1st 2010)
Plaintiff was not precluded from moving for reargument before the order on the first decision was entered. "A court has the inherent power, sua sponte or on motion of a party, to reconsider and vacate its prior decision before issuing an order thereon" (Hulett v Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 1 AD3d 999, 1003 [2003]; Manocherian v Lenox Hill Hosp., 229 AD2d 197, 202-203 [1997], lv denied 90 NY2d 835 [1997]). Nor did plaintiff's failure to submit all the original motion papers on her reargument motion render the latter procedurally defective. CPLR 2221 does not specify the papers that must be submitted on a motion for reargument, and the decision whether to entertain reargument is committed to the sound discretion of the court (William P. Pahl Equip. Corp. v Kassis, 182 AD2d 22, 27 [1992], lv dismissed in part, denied in part, 80 NY2d 1005 [1992]). Moreover, the motion court gave all parties the opportunity to supplement the record with the underlying papers, and afforded defendants the opportunity to present any further argument warranted by the additional submissions. Thus, defendants were not prejudiced by the deficiencies in plaintiff's submissions on reargument or by the procedures adopted by the court (see Addison v New York Presbyt. Hosp./Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr., 52 AD3d 269 [2008]).
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