As an initial matter, this Court grants Tretola's motion to amend his supplemental bill of particulars. It is well-settled that "leave to amend a bill of particulars, even following the filing of the note of issue, is ordinarily freely given absent surprise or prejudice to the defendants" (Castillo v Akdeniz Realty LLC, 2014 NY Slip Op 31245[U], 2014 Misc LEXIS 2202, *23-24 [Sup Ct, NY County 2014] [citations omitted]; see CPLR 3025 [b]; Torres v NY City Tr. Auth., 78 AD3d 419, 419 [1st Dept 2010]; Cherebin v Empress Ambulance Serv., Inc., 43 AD3d 364, 365 [1st Dept 2007]; Sahdala v NY City Health & Hosp. Corp., 251 AD2d 70, 70 [1st Dept 1998]). "In the absence of prejudice, mere delay is insufficient to defeat the amendment" (Sheppard v Blitman/Atlas Bldg. Corp., 288 AD2d 33, 34 [1st Dept 2001]; see Zejneli v Sekons, 2014 NY Slip Op 30958[U], 2014 NY Misc LEXIS 1720, *6-7 [Sup Ct, NY County 2014]).