1500 Broadway Chili Co. v. Zapco 1500 Investment

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered October 29, 1998, which denied defendant’s motion for access to the leased premises for the limited purpose of installing a fire safety sprinkler system, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion granted.

Based on the plain language of the lease, we conclude that the motion court erred in denying defendant, a commercial landlord, access to the premises to install the sprinkler system (see, Backer Mgt. Corp. v Acme Quilting Co., 46 NY2d 211). Defendant is entitled to install a sprinkler system in tenant’s *258pr…