include our inability to affect the outcome of the case due to changed circumstances, the
limitation on our jurisdiction to live controversies and, importantly, the nullifying impact upon
an adversarial presentation of the core legal issues. Often, where a case is rendered moot, at least
one of the parties lacks skin in the game and is no longer incentivized to participate
substantively, as demonstrated here where only respondents have submitted a brief (see
generally Baker v Carr, 369 US 186, 204 [1962]; Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50
NY2d 707, 714 [1980]; Matter of Marriage of Peters-Farrell, 216 Ill 2d 287, 291, 835
NE2d 797, 799 [2005]).
Footnote 3:Although evading review relative
to the Albany County Sheriff's Department, this legal issue could be reached in a tenant's appeal,
particularly where a stay is imposed (see generally CPLR 5519 [a] [6]; [c]; Ar-rahman
Found. Inc. v Millat Food Inc. d/b/a Chandni Rest., 2019 NY Slip Op 87064[U] [2019]).