Order affirmed, with costs.
Special Term arrived at an apportionment of the attorney's fees in this action after conducting a hearing at which it had ample opportunity to evaluate the evidence and assess the credibility of witnesses as well as to consider the experience and background of counsel and the quantity, quality and effectiveness of the legal work performed (see, Matter of Tillman, 259 N.Y. 133, 136). Upon review of the record, there is no basis upon which to conclude that the sum awarded constituted other than fair and reasonable compensation (cf. Sammon v Green, 63 A.D.2d 872). Thompson, J.P., Brown, Weinstein and Eiber, JJ., concur.