
    In the Matter of Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc., Appellant, v Angelo J. Ingrassia, as Judge of the Orange County Court, et al., Respondents.
    Submitted August 24, 1981;
    decided September 15, 1981
   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 [Cardozo, Ch. J.]; Matter of Dobbs Ferry Union Free School Dist. [Dobbs Ferry United Teachers], 51 NY2d 861).

Judge Gabrielli taking no part.  