The lease agreement sought to be enforced by plaintiff was signed on behalf of defendant landlord by a person who was not an officer, director, shareholder or employee of defendant, and whose authority, if any, to bind defendant in the matter was not set forth in a signed writing. The lease agreement is therefore unenforceable under the statute of frauds (General Obligations Law § 5-703; see Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations of United Presbyterian Church v. Roger Gray, Ltd., 27 N.Y.2d 457, 464; Urgo v. Patel, 297 A.D.2d 376, 377; DeMartin v. Farina, 205 A.D.2d 659, 660).
In view of the foregoing, we need not consider the other issues raised by the parties.
Motion seeking leave to strike reply brief and for other related relief denied.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.