Plaintiff landlord demands rent and other damages for the alleged breach of the parties' lease agreement. The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant tenant's belated motion to amend its answer to assert a defense that plaintiff had unreasonably withheld its consent to subletting the premises. Although permission to amend should ordinarily be freely granted (CPLR 3025 [b]), the movant must make some evidentiary showing that the proposed amendment has...
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