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In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring that a certain promissory note and related documents are illegal, invalid, and/or otherwise unenforceable, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Scheink
Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
In opposition to the plaintiffs prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, the defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see generally Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320 [1986]). Contrary to the defendants’ contention, the Supreme Court correctly determined that the subject promissory note was made in violation of Real Property Law § 339-jj (1) (see generally Matter of Lloyd v Grella, 83 NY2d 537 , 545-546 [1994]; Matter of Heller, 23 AD3d 61 , 68 [2005], affd 6 NY3d 649 [2006]) and that, under the circumstances of this case, the promissory note and related documents are unenforceable (see R.A.C. Group, Inc. v Board of Educ. of City of N.Y., 21 AD3d 243 , 248-249 [2005]; cf. Lloyd Capital Corp. v Pat Henchar, Inc., 80 NY2d 124 , 127-129 [1992]).
The defendants’ remaining contentions are either without merit or improperly raised for the first time on appeal. Rivera, J.P., Hall, Lott and Cohen, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- Alvarez v. Prospect Hospital 68 NY2d 320 p. 642
- Lloyd v. Grella 83 NY2d 537 at 545-546 p. 642
- In re Heller 23 AD3d 61 at 68 p. 642
- In re Heller 6 NY3d 649 p. 642
- R.A.C. Group, Inc. v. Board of Education 21 AD3d 243 at 248-249 p. 642
- Lloyd Capital Corp. v. Pat Henchar, Inc. 80 NY2d 124 at 127-129 p. 642