Opinion
February 22, 1999
Appeal from the order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (LaTorella, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly found that the defendant made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, offering sufficient evidence to demonstrate the absence of any material issues of fact ( see, Winegrad v. New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 N.Y.2d 851; Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557, 562). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to produce evidentiary proof sufficient to require a trial. Bare conclusory and speculative allegations are insufficient to defeat a motion for summary judgment ( see, Maviglia v. Inapart Props. Corp., 149 A.D.2d 482). The plaintiff's belief that additional discovery might reveal something helpful to his case does not provide a basis pursuant to CPLR 3212 (f) for postponing a determination of a summary judgment motion ( see, Bryan v. City of New York, 206 A.D.2d 448; Plotkin v. Franklin, 179 A.D.2d 746).
Ritter, J. P., Sullivan, Altman and McGinity, JJ., concur.