Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Bankruptcy Code broadly defines the property of a debtor to include causes of action existing at the time of the commencement of the bankruptcy action (see, 11 USC § 541 [a] [1]). The debtor must schedule the causes of action as assets on the bankruptcy petition in order for the trustee to formally abandon the claims (see, Dynamics Corp. v Marine Midland Bank,
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