Unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The interest of the owner of real property may only be subjected to a mechanic's lien for improvements if the work was done "with the consent or at the request of the owner thereof" (Lien Law, § 3). In this case the work was done for the tenant's convenience and at the tenant's request. Consent of the owner here was merely a consent required under the lease to avoid forfeiture of the tenant's interest and does not constitute...
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