FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 11/28/ :09 PM INDEX NO /2014 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 183 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/28/2016

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1 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 11/28/ :09 PM INDEX NO /2014 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 183 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/28/2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK X THREE AMIGOS SJL REST., INC., ~ Index No /14 -aganst- Plantff, NOTICE OF ENTRY ALPHONSE HOTEL CORP., 250 WEST 43 OWNER LLC, 250 WEST 43 OWNER II LLC, 250 WEST 43 OWNER III LLC, AND ATHENE ANNUITY AND LIFE COMPANY, Defendants X PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the wthn s a true copy of a Judgment (Edmead, J.) duly entered n the offce of the Clerk of the wthn-named Court on November 22, Dated: New York, New York November 28, 2016 ROSENBERG & ESTIS, P.C. Attorneys for Defendants West 43 Owner LLC, 250 West 43 Owner II LLC and 250 West 43 Owner II Norman Fltt 733 Thrd Avenue New York, New York (212) TO: REX WHITEHORN &ASSOCIATES, PC Attorneys for Plantff -Three Amgos SJL Rest., Inc. 11 Grace Ave. Sute 411 Great Neck, New York (516) RE\17705\0005\653934v1 1 of 11

2 STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP Attorneys for Defendant Alphonse Hotel Corp. 180 Maden Lane New York, NY (212) RE\17705\0005\653934v of 11

3 a ~.aa.:~ a~a.+~ vcar vv vas ~ a. v.uaaa ~a~ a ~.. ~ ~. v ~ v r. r~. r~. v ~. ~'y NYSCEF DOC. N RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/22/2016 ( II 9 ;. :. a ~' ''! SUPREME COURT OF 'I'H~ STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW 1'ORK~,; ~1 F ~.- ~ ~ ~ TndexNo $/2014 THREE AMIGOS SJL~RES~ ~.., ~C., ~r.5 A >.. =~ Plantff, ` ' ~ JUDGMENT -aganst- ~ x ~; ALPHONSE HOTEL CORP~, 250 WEST 43 OWNER LLC; 5 a 250 WEST 43 OWNER I L,C,~ ~, ;; 250 WEST 43 OWNER III LLC, and ATHENE ANNUITY ANDj~LIF~ COMPANY,. 1~,,;. 'Defendants _" = X....I~, Assrgned Judge: Edmead Defendants 250 West 4~ Owfer LLC, 250 West 43 Owner TI LLB and 250 West 43 r Owner III LLC (herenafter; collectvely, "Owner"), are the current owners of. the premses.,. defned as all rooms ~r=tl~e street level.premses located at 252 West 43rd Street, New York, New II~$.? York, currently beng operatedas a theater, nght club, cabaret, ktchen, bar and/or restaurant (the "Premses"), and the successor landlord under a certan commercal lease, dated May 2006,. ' ~ L ~ 1 by and between, plantff 1; and the ' pror owner of the Premses, Alphonse' Hotel Corp. ' H ~,:.. ("Alphonse"), as les'sor,.:ard Three.;Amgos SJL Inc., as lessee (the "Orgnal Lease"), as,~ thereafter assgned by Leaseu assgnment Agreement entered nto the 17th day of December 2010,{ -;,. by and among Kenneth P: S4verman; ~Esq., as the Chapter 7 trustee of Three Amgos.SLJ, Inc., 'd~ :. ~. Three Amgos SLJ Rest:, Imc. "("Tenant") as buyer and assgnee of the. Orgnal Lease, and Alphonse (the "Lease Assgnment: Agreement') (the Orgnal Lease and tl~e Lease Assgnment ': f Agreement shall collectvely.', ereferred o to as the "Lease"); and ~;,~ y Owner' havng per.~fe~ted an appeal from a Decson ~ and Order (Edmead, J.), dated September 28, 2015, duly en~er ~d n the offce of the Clerk of ths Court on September 29, 2015 ~.. 1 ~; RE\17705\0005\652840v3 ` `.. ~ : f. A~ 3 ~ of C~ f 11 ~

4 f'. I (the "Supreme Court Order"), wheren the Court (1) granted Tenant's moton fora Yellowstone njuncton wth respect to~a ~.fteen~(15) Day Notce to Cure dated October 22, 2014 (the "Notce to Cure") and subsequent Thrty (30) Day Notce of Termnaton dated November 13, 2014 (the ~:~ "Notce of Termnaton"), baked on Tenant's volaton of the nsurance requrements of the Lease for the Premses, at whch ~'enant Hans a gentlemen's club commonly known as Cheetahs; and (2) dened, wthout prejudce,,owner's cross-moton for' _partal summary judgment that the '~ Lease had properly been tennated pursuant to the Notce of Termnaton based on Tenant's materal breach of the nsurance requrements of the Lease by falng to provde the requred $10 mllon n umbrella coverage; for the perod pror to November 7, 2014; and f. The appeal havng been orally argued on October 19, 2016; and,~ The Appellate Dvson havng ssued an order dated and entered November 15, 2016, a copy of whch s annexed he;eto as Exhbt A, unanmously reversng the Supreme Court Order,., and denyng Tenant's moton for a Yellowstone njuncton and grantng Owner's cross-moton for partal summary judgment declarng n Owner's favor on the frst, thrd, fourth and ffth causes of acton n the amended complant, and dsmssng the second cause of acton n the ~.. amended complant except the porton related to a 2011 letter agreement, and holdng as follows: (A) Owner s the "aggreved party" and had standng to appeal the Supreme Court Order; 'f (B) Tenant's admtted falure to procure retroactve umbrella coverage was a materal breach allowng for termnaton of the Lease; and (C) Tenant s not ;enttled to a Yellowstone njuncton snce t sought such relef after the expraton of the cure perod specfed n the Lease and the Notce to Cure; and r The Appellate Dvson havng :~ further drected the Clerk to enter judgment accordngly. NOW, on moton of 1Zosenberg & Ests, P.C., attorneys for Owner, t s hereby: RE\ 17705\0005\652840v3-2 4 of 11 ~..c n

5 ~' ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Owner's cross-moton for partal summary judgment s granted as follows: the frst, thrd, fourth and ffth causes of acton n the Amended Complant dated January 20, 2015 (the "Amended Complant"), whch are now restated as the second, fourth, ffth and sxth causes of acton n the Second Amended Complant dated November 5, 2015 (tle "Second Amended Complant") are hereby declared n Owner's favor and the second cause bf acton ts the Amended Complant (now set forth as the thrd cause of acton n the Second Arended Complant) s dsmssed except for the.porton related to a 2011 letter agreement, and the remanng causes of acton are hereby severed and contnued; and t s further ORDERED, ADJUbGED AND DECREED, that Tenant's Yellowstone moton s dened; and t s further,~ ~, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Tenant materally breached the Lease ~: " by falng to procure.retroactve umbrella coverage and has therefore volated a substantal oblgaton of ts tenancy under the Lease; and t s further ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that the Lease has been termnated by the Notce of Termnaton and that Tenant no longer has any possessory rghts n and to the Premses; and t s further ORDERED, ADJUDGED 'AND DECREED, that Owner s enttled to recover 9 mmedate possesson of the Premses from Tenant; and t s further ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Owner s hereby awarded mmedate legal possesson of the Premses; and t s further -. RE\17705\0005\652640v of 11 ~ a

6 a 7.,.,I ORDERED, ADJUbGED AND DECREED, that the Sherff of the County of New York s hereby drected.to ;remove Tenant from the Premses and restore possesson of the. t Premses to Owner n accordance wth the provsons of ths Judgment; and t s further ORDERED, ADJ~JbGED AND DECREED, that Tenant, ts drectors, offcers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys and.all.other persons~or enttes clamng ttle or possesson under or thorough Tenant shall be `excluded from the Premses. ~ t Hon. Carol Edmead ~ HON. CAROL R. EDMEAD JUDGMENT ENTERED ths day of IK(~N%~" Q.S.C... ~ ~ ~ b G ~t ', OJT' Q`E-~'~ / // ;~ ;: RE\17705\0005~652840v of 11 n..f n

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8 , - ~FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY'CLERK :36 INDEX N /2014 l NYSCEF DOC. N ' RECEIVED NYSCEF: 11/21/2016 j Renwck, J'.E~.,, Nfos'kowtz, Kapnck, Kahn, Gesmer, JJ': '...a 2186 Three ~n~.gos SJL Rest., Inc., ~'rtdex /19 'Plantff-Respondent, ". -agar~st~ :.\ Z5~0. West.y;~3 Owner LLCM, e~t al.., ' ~e~'dants-appellants, Alphof~e.,Hotel Corp'., `I~e~:endant. Rosenberg &~ Est; s,.n(p.c., ~Iew York Norman Flt.t o-f' counse.l), for appellants, Re.x Whtehorr~ & ass+ocate;s, P, C., Great Neck (Res. '{~l tehorn of counsel), for xe.spb:nden.t..' ~...,~.. Order, Su~:r.eme~ Gourt> New York County (Carol. 'E~mead, ~7.), ~nte.ret S~ept.emb:e ~. ~9~ 2:.D15, whch, nsofar as appeared from as lmted by the b~r:,efs', granted plantff.'s moton. for a Yellowstone ~.j'urr.~'on.,., ant dened defendant A1p.ho~'Se. Hotel. Corp,' s, the ;~h~n 'landlo Sd' s,,. gross moton for pt a'1 summary judgment decla~:rq; n :ts favor on. the frst, th:;_ fou~r~h, and ffth n~:uses :es:~ ~a:~3t on.~n~ :thy ~men.ded complant, at~d.,dsmssng the second eaas.~ ~,f acton n that complant excsp~ the porton y related ~d ~. ~ ~lette~r~ +agreement, unanamousl~y reversed, ors the lac, 'w thou.t ~os~s,; plntff's mo.to,n dened, and defendant's cross moton gran;t'~d. The Clerk s drected to enter judgment..; 38 r s.'.~ ' 8 of 11 r,.r n

9 a` ~, r accordngly.: ~.; - '' C Although t~.e' r~ert: landlord defendants wexe; :not partes to the acton at t~h~ tme of`ssuance of the order on; appeal or at the tme the 'c~-r~e 1 landlord fled the. no~ce of appeal, we, sua sponte,. deem t4e n`~tce of appeal dated October 1.9~: X015 to be a 4'~ notce of app.eaz.:by: t.he.. cur.ren.t landl~b.zds (:see CP ;.Matter ;, ; of Taglaferr. ~v Tve..ler; 3. NY3d 605 [2009 ] ; Matte.z~:.of Ahmad C., ~, 65 AD3d (2c, 3~C 200]). The current lancllnr~s sre a "aggreved ~ar~t (es.]" wthn the meanng o.f CPLR '55.I1, and ~; therefore have st.~dng. t:o appeal.,. Pla rat%f~`' S a~c~mtted. falure to procure Yetrc~actve umbrella ~; coverage wa5~ a mat'e.r.al beach a1.l.owng for termnaton of the ~; ; lease (see.ke1.fc:m~ Co.rp.. :v Central_N1kts., 70 NY2d 90:0 [1887]; E & ' Camera & :E1eC's:, ~ Faz~no~re. Realty, 178 AD2d 310, 31;1 [1st Dept ~' - ~.~ ~ j`;. Pl.~~t.f,~ 's. 'dot enttled to a Yellowstone :njuncton, snce r:.t s o~tgh~.suc~t:.r;~lef after the expraton of the'.cure perod.; sp'ecf'ed n h:e~ ~.?~ase ant the notce to cure. A tenant s not ; ent~.t~l,ed t.b ~ '11 l,owstone njunct,o'n after the ex~~raton o~ the '~. ~ cure perod {.see.1~66.ente:rs. Gorp. v I G Second Gererat:on Partners., I..,..P.:,,.8~';;AD3d 1~59y 1.58 [1st Dept 2011) ; s.ee a3s.o KB Gallery,.IrZ~C ~v ; W. 181 Owners C.orp., 76 AD~d 90'9 (1st Dept 7; 39, u 9 ~..F of 11 n

10 .perod. Accord.n~ly, t needed to move for Yellowstone relef before the,expzraton of the specfed perod (see~retropols, Inc. v I.4th: ~'~t. rev. I;LC; 17 AD3d 209, lb [1st Deft 2005J), moton. and ~n:. opp;oston v to the Former landlord's c.s.s moton, s' 2010)).. Al~thougl ths.court has recognzed a lmz~ed excepton n certan. ~.rcu~starrces (see Vllage Ctr..for Care v Slgo ~ ~ Realty & Set-v ~ Gorp.., 9~ AD3d 219 (1st Dept 2012}),, plantf ;~ f does not so ~ak~gue, that t sought.to cure the defaut, Rather,.:t plantff cla ms.~,~that t ~:, cured the default wthn the.. specfed whch t. fal+e:d. t:a do.. '+. W~ ha.ve ~,z~ns 3dexed plantff's arguments n support of ts and fnd them' un.a~valng. ~h THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER, OF THE..SUPREM C.O.T,. APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEpA~F2TMENT. '' ENT..ERED: NOVEMBER 15, 2016 ~.'..., j~ ~..... " ~' `~., DEPUTY CLERK. ApPFLIATf ~JJ~fO~J S49PR~ME CO~1RY ~1R51bEPARTMEf.~T S~,ATE'C~F~N~W;YOAK,'' I, SUSANNA ROJAS~,CIer ~. ~o~ tb~'~a~p Pllate Dlvs.on of the Su~rfeme Court ~rsl JuCc~al pe~arlmenf:'tlo' ere:~y Cfy a I ave co ~n~ hat they ay~e,~s the orgna~ thereof IleQn sad olfcen.!~ ~ ~ a correct ~ranscr~a~ ther~eol: ana of the vr aole';of :ad rfgaal.: ~ 1~1 WTNE WH EOF I 2vE he~2~la3et'vny,~and and alxed the seal of ths Court,; ;jctr I _ on.',a 10 of 11

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