MAGEN DAVID v. 3 W. 16TH ST.

4409, 600573/08, 590326/08

89 A.D.3d 24 (2011)

931 N.Y.S.2d 559

2011 NY Slip Op 6656

MAGEN DAVID OF UNION SQUARE et al., Appellants, v. 3 WEST 16TH STREET, LLC, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. STEVEN J. ANCONA, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided September 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York City ( Christopher M. Paparella , William J. Sanchez , Andrea Engels and Meaghan Gragg of counsel), for appellants.

Hartman & Craven LLP, New York City ( Edward A. White and Michael P. Reagan of counsel), for respondent.

SAXE, J.P., SWEENY, FREEDMAN and ROMÁN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CATTERSON, J.

The resolution of this long-simmering dispute over a six-story building in Manhattan's Flatiron district lies in the application of a basic tenet of contract law: the best evidence of the parties' intent is memorialized in their written agreement. The specific question arising in this action is whether the defendant landlord agreed to sponsor the conversion of its building to condominium...

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