Each party sought sanctions for the other's violation of the terms of their stipulation of settlement dated August 7, 2018. Plaintiff tenant (tenant) had violated the provision in which he agreed not to file any further motions, and both parties had violated the provision in which they agreed to "bear their own atty [sic] fees."
While we ordinarily defer to the motion court in determining whether to award sanctions (22 NYCRR 130-1.1[a]), we find
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