Opinion
2013-10-29
CRP/CAPSTONE 14W PROPERTY OWNER, LLC, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. BEHMAN HAMBLETON LLP, Defendant–Appellant, Gibson & Behman P.C., Defendant.
Behman Hambleton, LLP, New York (Phillip Lagana of counsel), for appellant. Heiberger & Associates, P.C., New York (Ricardo Vasquez of counsel), for respondent.
Behman Hambleton, LLP, New York (Phillip Lagana of counsel), for appellant. Heiberger & Associates, P.C., New York (Ricardo Vasquez of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered on or about May 2, 2012, which denied defendant Behman Hambleton LLP's (Behman) motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Because the complaint clearly alleged that Behman was in privity of estate with the leased premises ( Howard Stores Corp. v. Robison Rayon Co., 64 Misc.2d 913, 915, 315 N.Y.S.2d 720 [App.Term, 1st Dept.1970], affd.36 A.D.2d 911, 320 N.Y.S.2d 861 [1st Dept.1971] ) and because the complaint, read generously, alleged that the entire business of the signatory to the lease, defendant Gibson & Behman P.C., was now carried on by Behman, the IAS court correctly held that the motion to dismiss should be denied ( cf. Wells v. Ronning, 269 A.D.2d 690, 692–693, 702 N.Y.S.2d 718 [3d Dept.2000] ).