FORMATO v. DIX

Ordered that the order is reversed, insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the fine is vacated.

There was no authority for the imposition of the challenged sanction (see, Matter of A.G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v Lezak, 69 N.Y.2d 1; Silberstein v First Wall St. Capital Corp., 128 A.D.2d 516). Mangano, J.P., Kunzeman, Rubin and Harwood, JJ., concur.