Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Pursuant to RPAPL 522, as it existed at the time the plaintiff filed this action, where a claim of adverse possession was not based upon a written instrument, the plaintiff had to demonstrate that it "usually cultivated, improved, or substantially enclosed the land" (Asher v Borenstein,
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