June 24, 1999 Appeal from the Supreme Court (Louis B. York, J.). James A. Moss of counsel (Michael G. Albano on the brief Herrick, Feinstein, L. L. P., attorneys), for respondent. Ellen Ravitch of counsel (Stephen J. McGrath and Marta Soja on the brief; Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City, attorney), for appellant. OPINION OF THE COURT ELLERIN, P. J. At issue on this appeal are the circumstances under which a court, upon dismissing an appeal as academic, should vacate the underlying

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1. No ambulance service operating for profit, hospital ambulance service or municipal ambulance service of a city of over one million population shall operate on or after September first, nineteen hundred seventy-five unless it possesses a valid ambulance service certificate issued pursuant to this article. Effective January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no ambulance service shall be operated unless it possesses a valid ambulance service operating certificate issued pursuant to this article

1. Every application for a determination of public need shall be made in writing to the appropriate regional council, shall specify the primary territory within which the applicant requests to operate, be verified under oath, and shall be in such form and contain such information as required by the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article. 2. Notice of the application shall be forwarded by registered or certified mail by the appropriate regional council to the chief executive officers