
    In the Matter of Jose J. Santiago, Respondent, v William H. Bristol, as Monroe County Court Judge, Respondent. WOKR-TV et al., Intervenors-Appellants; Howard R. Relin, as Monroe County District Attorney, et al., Intervenors-Respondents.
    Submitted June 12, 2000;
    decided July 6, 2000
   Motion for leave to appeal denied. The Court of Appeals restates the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see, e.g., Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 NY 284, 297-298).  