Plaintiff concedes that she did not purchase a second index number and did not effect service within 120 days as required by CPLR former 306-b N.Y.CPLR. Contrary to her contentions, the revised version of the statute may not be applied retroactively to this case and the court was without authority to extend the timeperiods provided in the former statute (see, Reid v. Presbyterian Hosp., 254 A.D.2d 139; Floyd v. Salamon Bros., 249 A.D.2d 139; see also, Connor v. Deas, 255 A.D.2d 287).
Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Wallach, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.