Elias v. Elias

*939Contrary to the plaintiff’s contentions, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in awarding the plaintiff 25% of the value of the defendant’s interest in Ben Elias Industries Corp. “Although in a marriage of long duration, where both parties have made significant contributions to the marriage, a division of marital assets should be made as equal as possible . . . there is no requirement that the distribution of each item of marital property be made on an equal basis” (Baron v Baron, 71 AD3d 807, 809 [2010] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Arvantides v Arvantides, 64…