Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, without costs, by reversing so much thereof as granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the def*1165amation cause of action; motion denied to that extent; and, as so modified, affirmed.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, without costs, by reversing so much thereof as granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the def*1165amation cause of action; motion denied to that extent; and, as so modified, affirmed.