Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated by Justice Becker in the order entered March 2, 1989.
We further note that many of the issues raised by the defendant were not advanced before the Supreme Court, and thus have been raised improperly for the first time on appeal (see, Empire Indus. Sys. Corp. v. Northeastern Bank, 144 A.D.2d 429; Singer v Lowi, 132 A.D.2d 542, 543). Mangano, P.J., Brown, Sullivan and Balletta, JJ., concur.