Carey & Associates LLC v. 521 Fifth Avenue Partners, LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered April 25, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendants-respondents’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s first three causes of action, and denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on those causes of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court correctly dismissed plaintiff’s rent overcharge claim. Pursuant to the applicable lease agreement, plaintiff’s responsibility to pay rent began on March 21, 2003 — the date it signed the substantial completion letter…