Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
Pursuant to General Obligations Law § 5-321, a lease provision that purports to exempt a lessor from liability for its own acts of negligence is void and unenforceable (see Gross v Sweet,
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