`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 18
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`INDEX NO. E23-01101
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/15/2023
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`ATTORNEY
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`VERIFICATION
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`SS.:
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`STATE
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`OF NEW YORK
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`COUNTY
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`OF SUFFOLK
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`LEE
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`S. SIEGEL,
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`ESQ being
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`duly
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`sworn,
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`deposes
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`and says:
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`That
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`he
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`is
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`an
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`associate
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`of
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`the
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`law
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`firm
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`HURWITZ
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`defendant
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`UTICA
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`MUTUAL
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`INSURANCE
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`COMPANY,
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`FINE
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`P.C.,
`GRAPMC
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`the
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`attorneys
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`for
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`the
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`ARTS
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`MUTUAL
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`INSURANCE
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`COMPANY,
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`UTICA
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`NATIONAL
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`ASSURANCE
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`COMPANY
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`in
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`the
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`above
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`entitled
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`action;
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`that
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`he has read
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`and knows
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`the contents
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`of
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`this Verified
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`Answer,
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`and that
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`the same
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`is true
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`to his
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`own
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`knowledge,
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`except
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`as to those matters
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`stated
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`to be alleged
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`on information
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`and
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`belief;
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`and that,
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`as to those matters,
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`he believes
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`them to be true.
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`Deponent
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`further
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`says
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`that
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`the
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`grounds
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`for
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`his
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`belief
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`as
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`to
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`all matters
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`stated
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`upon
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`information
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`and
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`belief
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`are
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`statements
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`made
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`to
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`him by
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`the
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`defendant,
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`papers
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`and
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`documents
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`received
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`by
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`deponent
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`from
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`the
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`defendants
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`or
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`their
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`representatives,
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`and which
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`are
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`now
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`in
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`his
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`possession.
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`Deponent
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`further
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`says
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`that
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`the reason
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`why
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`this
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`verification
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`is made
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`by himself
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`and not
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`by
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`the
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`defendants
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`is that
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`defendants
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`are not within
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`the County
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`of Suffolk,
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`where
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`deponent
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`has
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`his
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`office.
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`Sworn
`15ti'
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`to before me this
`of Nove
`er, 2023
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`day
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`Notary
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`VIOLA
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`NOrARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK
`RegistrationNo.01Vl6395481
`Qualified in Suffolk County
`My CommissionExpiresJuly 29,20
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