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745 NOSTRAND RETAIL LTD., et al., Appellants, v. 745 JEF FCO CORP. et al., Respondents.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, inter alia, for the entry of a judgment, among other things, declaring that the parties did not enter into a valid 10-year lease.

The defendants established their entitlement to summary judgment declaring that the parties did not enter into a valid 10-year lease based, inter alia, upon the statute of frauds ( see General Obligations Law § 5-703). In opposition, the plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact. The plaintiffs rely on the equitable doctrine of part performance ( see General Obligations Law § 5-703), which required conduct by them which was "unequivocally referable" to the purported 10-year lease ( Burns v McCormick, 233 NY 230, 234 [1922]). "Unequivocally referable" conduct is conduct which is "inconsistent with any other explanation" ( Richardson Lucas, Inc. v New York Athletic Club of City of NY., 304 AD2d 462, 463). There is no evidence in the record of conduct by the plaintiffs which is unequivocally referable to a purported 10-year lease and inconsistent with any other explanation ( see Lebowitz v Mingus, 100 AD2d 816, 817).

The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are without merit ( see American Bartenders School v 105 Madison Co., 59 NY2d 716, 718; Foster v Kovner, 44 AD3d 23; NGR, LLC v General Elec. Co., 24 AD3d 425; Dunn v BH Assoc., 295 AD2d 396, 397; Melwani v Jain, 281 AD2d 276, 277).

Since this is, in part, a declaratory judgment action, we remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Kings County, inter alia, for entry of an appropriate declaratory judgment ( see Lanza v Wagner, 11 NY2d 317, 334, appeal dismissed 371 US 74, cert denied 371 US 901).

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NOSTRAND v. 745 JEFFCO
(Apr 8, 2008)