The motion court correctly dismissed plaintiff's contract cause of action as barred by the statute of frauds (General Obligations Law § 5-701 [a] [1]). Plaintiff's acts after expiration of the written contract's "tail period" are not unequivocally referable to the alleged oral extension of that contract (see Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer Euro RSCG v Aegis Group,
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