Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Although New York law generally enforces contractual provisions in alarm contracts absolving a party from its own negligence, public policy prohibits a party's attempt to escape liability, through a contractual clause, for damages occasioned by "grossly negligent conduct" (Colnaghi, U.S.A. v Jewelers Protection Servs.,
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