In Center State Sec. Consultants, Inc. v Syracuse Hous. Auth. (104 A.D.3d 1334, 1335), the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant in 2000, to provide consultation services for the defendant's security operations for a term of 10 years, which contract was approved by the defendant's Board of Commissioners. After a partially new board and new executive director terminated the agreement in 2007, the plaintiff commenced a breach of contract action (see id.).