Case Name: Board of Managers of the Reade Chambers Condominium, Respondent, v. 71 RC Property, LLC et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-07-11
Citations: 152 A.D.3d 425
Docket Number: 
Parties: Board of Managers of the Reade Chambers Condominium, Respondent, v 71 RC Property, LLC et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: Concur — Friedman, J.P., Renwick, Andrias, Moskowitz and Gesmer, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 425–426

Head Matter:
Board of Managers of the Reade Chambers Condominium, Respondent, v 71 RC Property, LLC et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
[58 NYS3d 361]—

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen M. Coin, J.), entered May 5, 2016, which denied defendants-appellants' (the sponsor defendants) motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) and (7) to dismiss the causes of action for breach of contract and a declaration of easement, and denied their application to cancel a notice of pendency, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that the sponsor defendants breached their contractual obligations under the offering plan by failing to correct, repair or replace the defective conditions in the condominium building's garage, which caused unit owners who purchased parking spaces in the garage to have to drive over the last unsold parking space to enter and exit the garage and their own spaces safely and reasonably. These allegations state causes of action for breach of contract and for a declaration that plaintiff has an implied easement of necessity over the unsold parking space (see Simone v Heidelberg, 9 NY3d 177 [2007]). The sponsor defendants' documentary evidence does not conclusively provide a defense to these claims.
The motion court properly left the notice of pendency undisturbed (CPLR 6501; see Piccirillo v Ravenal, 161 AD2d 253 [1st Dept 1990], lv dismissed 76 NY2d 935 [1990]).
Concur — Friedman, J.P., Renwick, Andrias, Moskowitz and Gesmer, JJ.