
    George H. Shechtman et al., Plaintiffs, and Florence T. Barnes et al., Appellants, v New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal et al., Respondents.
    Submitted October 9, 2001;
    decided October 18, 2001
   Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, First Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).  