Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with one bill of costs, the motions are denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
On their motions for summary judgment, the defendants bore the initial burden of establishing their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law "by affirmatively demonstrating the merit of [their] defense, rather than by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof" (Mondello v DiStefano,
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