Ordered that the appeal and so much of the cross appeal as seeks review of the conditional granting of that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPLR 327 (a) to dismiss the complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens are dismissed as academic in light of our determination of so much of the cross appeal as seeks review of the denial of that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8) to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction; and it is further,
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as reviewed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8) to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is granted.
Pursuant to CPLR 302 (a) (1), "long-arm jurisdiction over a nondomiciliary exists where (i) a defendant transacted business within the state and (ii) the cause of action arose from that transaction of business" ( Johnson v Ward, 4 NY3d 516, 519; see CPLR 302 [a] [1]). Here, the defendant did not conduct "sufficient purposeful activities in New York, which bore a substantial relationship to the subject matter of this action, so as to avail [himself] of the benefits and protections of New York's laws" ( Transportation Ins. Co. v Simplicity, Inc., 61 AD3d 963, 964; see e.g. Spanierman Gallery, PSP v Love, 320 F Supp 2d 108, 111; PaineWebber Inc. v Westgate Group, Inc., 748 F Supp 115, 117, 119; Standard Wine Liq. Co. v Bombay Spirits Co., 20 NY2d 13, 17; CK's Supermarket Ltd. v Peak Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 37 AD3d 348, 348; American Recreation Group v Woznicki, 87 AD2d 600, 601; J. E. T. Adv. Assoc, v Lawn King, 84 AD2d 744, 745; Pacific Concessions v Savard, 75 Misc 2d 219, 221; cf. Ulster Scientific, Inc. v Guest Elchrom Scientific AG, 181 F Supp 2d 95, 102; Barclays Am./Bus. Credit v Boulware, 151 AD2d 330, 331). Accordingly, the Supreme Court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant and, thus, erred in denying that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8) to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction ( see Sanchez v Major, 289 AD2d 320, 321; Foley v Roche, 68 AD2d 558, 565).