Thomas P. Reilly & Co. v. Rockefeller Center Management Corp.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered November 22, 1994, dismissing the complaint, and bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered November 15, 1994, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

A broker seeking a commission for an executed lease must establish that he was the procuring cause of the lease, and the broker does not earn the commission simply because he initially called the property to the attention of the tenant (Laub & Co. v 101 Park Ave. Assocs., 162 AD2d 294, 295-296). It is…