Ordered that the order is affirmed, with casts.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiffs' motion to compel the defendants to respond to the plaintiffs' discovery demand for numerous records and documents allegedly in the defendants' possession. The discovery notice improperly stated, inter alia, broad categories of subject matter and asked for any documents relating to those categories without further specification ( see, CPLR 3120 [a] [1] [i]; Fascaldi v. Fascaldi, 209 A.D.2d 578, 579; American Reliance Ins. Co. v. National Gen. Ins. Co., 174 A.D.2d 591; Related Cos. v. Bishops Servs., 171 A.D.2d 421, 422).
Bracken, J.P., Copertino, Santucci, Florio and McGinity, JJ., concur.