MARINO v. WALLACE

Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: We affirm because in our view the allegedly slanderous remarks were made during the course of a Public Service Commission hearing which was in substance a quasi-judicial proceeding to which an absolute privilege attaches (Julian J. Studley, Inc. v Lefrak, 50 A.D.2d 162, affd on other grounds 41 N.Y.2d 881; see Toker v Pollak, 44 N.Y.2d 211, 222; Wiener v Weintraub, 22 N.Y.2d 330; Andrews v Gardiner, 224 N.Y. 440 446-447).