Opinion
01-30-2024
SYLVAN HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC., Plaintiff–Appellant, v. ST. GILES HOTEL, LLC, Defendant–Respondent.
Siegel & Siegel, P.C., New York (Michael D. Siegal of counsel), for appellant. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Peter T. Shapiro of counsel), for respondent.
Siegel & Siegel, P.C., New York (Michael D. Siegal of counsel), for appellant.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Peter T. Shapiro of counsel), for respondent.
Singh, J.P., Kapnick, Kennedy, Higgitt, Michael, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Verna L. Saunders, J), entered January 24, 2023, which to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendant’s motion to cancel plaintiff tenant’s notice of pendency pursuant to CPLR 6514(b), and to dismiss tenant’s cause of action to quiet title, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
In PK Rest., LLC v. Lifshutz, 138 A.D.3d 434, 30 N.Y.S.3d 13 (1st Dept. 2016), this Court held that " ‘a lease for years is deemed personalty’ " (id. at 439, 30 N.Y.S.3d 13, quoting Matter of Grumman Aircraft Eng’g Corp. v. Board of Assessors of Town of Riverhead, 2 N.Y.2d 500, 507, 161 N.Y.S.2d 393, 141 N.E.2d 794 [1957], cert denied 355 U.S. 814, 78 S.Ct. 14, 2 L.Ed.2d 31 [1957]). Thus, a notice of pendency in connection with this lease dispute is unavailable to tenant (id.).
We have considered tenant’s remaining arguments and find them unavailing.