SHLP Associates v. State

—In a claim to recover money allegedly due under a lease, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Mega, J.), entered May *54921, 1998, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The State leased certain property from the claimant. Upon the expiration of the lease, the State continued to occupy the premises, paying the same rent as set forth in the expired lease, while attempting to negotiate a new lease. While it reached a tentative agreement as to lease terms with the claimant, the new lease was…