nce or actual malice, depending on the plaintiff's status; (4) falsity; (5) special damages or per se libel." February 27, 2016 Order at 6. See also McNamee v. Clemens, 762 F. Supp. 2d 584 (E.D. N.Y. 2011); Dillon v. City of New York, 261 A.D.2d 34 (1999). Ms. alleged that Defendant was involved with

defendant...in the New York Post were in the nature of a general denial of plaintiff['s] accusations of misconduct, not an attack on plaintiffs."); McNamee v. Clemens, 762 F.Supp.2d 584, 601 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) ("[G]eneral denials aren't actionable."); Davis v. Boeheim, 24 N.Y.3d 262, 271-72 (N.Y. 2014). P

rivilege and therefore is not actionable. Further, general denials such as the January 3 Statement are not actionable as defamatory statements. See McNamee v. Clemens, 762 F.Supp.2d 584, 601 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) ("general denials of accusations aren't actionable"); Independent Living Aids, Inc. v. Mau-Aids,

nce or actual malice, depending on the plaintiff's status; (4) falsity; (5) special damages or per se libel." February 27, 2016 Order at 6. See also McNamee v. Clemens, 762 F. Supp. 2d 584 (E.D. N.Y. 2011); Dillon v. City of New York, 261 A.D.2d 34 (1999). Ms. alleged that Defendant was involved with