Order unanimously reversed, with costs, and motion granted.
Memorandum:
Special Term erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for leave to serve an amended complaint (CPLR 3025, subd [b]). Leave to amend pleadings should not be denied on the basis of "`lateness'" unless it is "`coupled with significant prejudice to the other side, the very elements of the laches doctrine.'" (Edenwald Contr. Co. v City of New York,
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