Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 22, 2011 (Thompson v. City of New York)

*1012The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying that branch of the motion of the defendant Stephen Buonavita (hereinafter the defendant) which was pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8) to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against him for lack of personal jurisdiction, and granting that branch of the plaintiffs cross motion which was pursuant to CPLR 306-b to extend the time