Opinion
2014-05-28
LANE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., respondent, v. Wendy Weiser CHAYAT, et al., appellants.
Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, N.Y. (Joshua D. Bernstein, James S. O'Brien, and Stephanie R. Kline of counsel), for appellants. McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Bruce S. Rosen and Suzanne M. Murphy of counsel), for respondent.
Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, N.Y. (Joshua D. Bernstein, James S. O'Brien, and Stephanie R. Kline of counsel), for appellants. McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Bruce S. Rosen and Suzanne M. Murphy of counsel), for respondent.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., THOMAS A. DICKERSON, CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, and L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.
In an action to foreclose a mechanic's lien, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Brown, J.), entered September 24, 2012, as denied their motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a) and Lien Law §§ 10 and 19(6) to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
“A court has no inherent power to vacate or discharge a notice of lien except as authorized by Lien Law § 19(6)” (Matter of Northside Tower Realty, LLC v. Klin Constr. Group, Inc., 73 A.D.3d 1072, 1072, 899 N.Y.S.2d 900;see Matter of Luckyland [N.Y.], LLC v. Core Cont. Constr., LLC, 83 A.D.3d 1073, 1074, 921 N.Y.S.2d 537;Bryan's Quality Plus, LLC v. Dorime, 80 A.D.3d 639, 640, 915 N.Y.S.2d 135;Matter of Gold Dev. & Mgt., LLC v. P.J. Contr. Corp., 74 A.D.3d 1340, 1341, 903 N.Y.S.2d 245). Here, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint. The mechanic's lien at issue was not invalid on its face, and the documentary evidence raised issues of fact as to whether work performed at the subject premises within the statutory eight-month period ( seeLien Law § 10) was performed pursuant to the parties' contract ( see Matter of Taocon, Inc. v. Urban D.C. Inc., 110 A.D.3d 423, 971 N.Y.S.2d 872;Bryan's Quality Plus, LLC v. Dorime, 80 A.D.3d at 640, 915 N.Y.S.2d 135;72 Pyrgi v. Gkam Corp., 293 A.D.2d 387, 388, 740 N.Y.S.2d 614). “[A]ny dispute regarding the validity of the lien must await trial thereof by foreclosure” (Matter of Northside Tower Realty, LLC v. Klin Constr. Group, Inc., 73 A.D.3d at 1072, 899 N.Y.S.2d 900;see Bryan's Quality Plus, LLC v. Dorime, 80 A.D.3d at 641, 915 N.Y.S.2d 135;see also Matter of Luckyland [N.Y.], LLC v. Core Cont. Constr., LLC, 83 A.D.3d at 1074, 921 N.Y.S.2d 537;Matter of Gold Dev. & Mgt., LLC v. P.J. Contr. Corp., 74 A.D.3d at 1341, 903 N.Y.S.2d 245).