Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in permitting the defendant to submit a motion for partial summary judgment more than one year after the note of issue was filed, and on the eve of trial, in view of the fact that the defendant did not demonstrate any good cause for the inordinate delay (see, CPLR 3212 [a]; Rich v Ciano,
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