Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 17, 2009 (Shiamili v. Real Estate Group of New York, Inc.)

*582This is an action for defamation and unfair competition by disparagement based on comments posted on an Internet Web site. It is alleged that defendants “administer and choose” the content for the Web site at issue here, available to and accessed by members of the public interested in New York City real estate, and that they further published numerous false and defamatory statements on the