Order unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's cross motion, made practically on the eve of trial, for leave to serve an amended complaint. Although leave is to be "freely given" (CPLR 3025 [b]), it should be denied where, as here, the proposed amendment "plainly lacks merit" (Mathiesen v Mead,
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