Opinion
November 13, 1997
Appeal from the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Allan B. Weiss, J.).
Mordente, Golfinopoulos Pennisi, P.C., Kew Gardens ( John P. Grisafi of counsel), for appellant-respondent.
Leon B. Seidman, New York City, for respondent-appellant.
MEMORANDUM
Order unanimously modified by granting defendant's cross motion in its entirety and remanding the matter to the court below for determination of the reasonable value of the attorney's fees, and, as so modified, order affirmed without costs.
The offering plan, proprietary lease and by-laws when read together evidence a clear intent to exempt the holdovers of "Unsold Shares" in the cooperative association from any increases in parking charges ( see, Tompkins v. Hale, 172 Misc. 1071, affd 259 App. Div. 860, affd 284 N.Y. 675). Defendant is therefore entitled to attorney's fees pursuant to Real Property Law § 234 ( see, North Star Graphics v. Spitzer, 135 A.D.2d 401, lv. dismissed 72 N.Y.2d 841).
ARONIN, J. P., SCHOLNICK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.