City Center Real Estate, Inc. v. Berger

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sherry Klein Heitler, J.), entered February 15, 2006, which, in this action involving a dispute over a real estate brokerage fee, inter alia, granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, declaring the cobrokerage agreement at issue unenforceable, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Although it is true that defendant-appellant as an attorney is authorized to act as a real estate broker under Real Property Law § 442-f, that statute does not confer upon him rights *268greater than those of a licensed broker, and a licensed broker may not recover a commission…