Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
Where a defendant fails to meet its initial burden of establishing a prima facie case, it becomes unnecessary "to consider whether the plaintiff's papers in opposition to the defendant's motion were sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact" (Coscia v 938 Trading Corp.,
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