Argued January 10, 2001. Decided February 15, 2001. APPEAL, by permission of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, from an order of that court, entered April 6, 2000, which affirmed an order of the Supreme Court (James A. Yates, J.), entered in New York County in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, insofar as it denied a request by petitioners for legal fees related to the initial, underlying administrative proceeding, and limiting the fee award to work