Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 
Second Department, New York.

Stephen PATTI, et al., Respondents,
v.
Paul COHEN, et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.


May 28, 1996.

 Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, P.C., Garden City (Samuel Kirschenbaum, of 
counsel), for appellants.

 Dollinger, Gonski, Grossman, Permut & Hirschhorn, Carle Place (Matthew 
Dollinger of counsel), for respondents.


 *602 In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for trespass, the defendants 
Paul Cohen, Jane Cohen, and Debbie Leiman appeal from an order of the Supreme 
Court, Kings County (G. Aronin, J.), dated May 19, 1995, which granted the 
plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin them from interfering with the 
plaintiffs' use of a certain driveway.

 ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

 The Supreme Court correctly granted the plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily 
enjoin the defendants from interfering with their use of a driveway located on 
and between the plaintiffs' property and the appellants' property.   The 
plaintiffs demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable harm 
absent the preliminary injunction, and a balancing of the equities in their 
favor (see, Aetna Ins. Co. v. Capasso, 75 N.Y.2d 860, 552 N.Y.S.2d 918, 552 
N.E.2d 166;  Melvin v. Union Coll., 195 A.D.2d 447, 600 N.Y.S.2d 141; Astoria 
Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. v. June, 190 A.D.2d 644, 593 N.Y.S.2d 250; *603Burmax 
Co., Inc. v. B & S Indus., 135  A.D.2d 599, 522 N.Y.S.2d 177;  487 Elmwood v. 
Hassett, 107 A.D.2d 285, 486 N.Y.S.2d 113;  Matter of XAR Corp. v. Di Donato, 76 
A.D.2d 972, 429 N.Y.S.2d 59).


 BALLETTA, J.P., and MILLER, SULLIVAN and COPERTINO, JJ., concur.

643 N.Y.S.2d 389 (Mem), 227 A.D.2d 602

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