On July 26, 2013 a
Motion,Ex Parte
was filed
involving a dispute between
Brandsway Hospitality, Llc A K A Brandsway Hospitality,
Indiefork Llc,
Matthew Levine,
and
133 Essex Restaurant, Llc A K A Sons Of Essex,
1356 Restaurant Llc A K A Petaluma Restaurant,
170 Mercer Restaurant Llc,
19 Stanton Restaurant, Llc A K A Cocktail Bodega A K A Cocktail Bodega Underground,
19 Stanton Street, Llc,
58-60 Ninth Realty Llc,
61 Gans Restaurant Llc,
69 Gansevoort Restaurant, Inc.,
Black Label Residential Llc,
Delshah 60 Ninth, Llc,
Delshah 60 Ninth Manager, Llc,
Delshah Capital, Llc,
Delshah Gansevoort 69, Llc,
Delshah Management, Llc,
Gansevoort 69 Llc,
Griffon 1356 Llc,
Griffon 19 Stanton Llc,
Griffon 55 Gans Llc,
Griffon Gansevoort Holdings, Llc,
Griffon Gans, Llc,
Griffon Gans Manager, Llc,
Griffon Holdings, Llc,
Griffon Investment Group, Llc,
Griffon Investment Holdings, Llc,
Griffon Investment, Llc,
Griffon Management, Llc,
Griffon Q, Llc,
Indiefork Hospitality Llc,
James Choung,
Jcny, Llc,
John Doe #1 Through #10,
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.,
Michael K. Shah,
Moon 170 Mercer, Inc.,
Paychex, Inc.,
V Global Holdings Inc.,
Victor Jung,
for Commercial (General)
in the District Court of New York County.
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INDEX NO. 652637/2013
(FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 0972372013)
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 65 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/23/2013
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
SURSSSDy SSE WEROSs Cermernceoos
su
BRANDSWAY HOSPITALITY, LLC a/k/a
BRANDSWAY HOSPITALITY, INDIEFORK LLC Index No. 652637/2013
and MATTHEW LEVINE,
Plaintiffs,
NOTICE OF MOTION
PURSUANT TO CPLR 3024
-against- 3013 & 3014
DELSHAH CAPITAL, LLC, DELSHAH
MANAGEMENT, LLC, MICHAEL K. SHAH,
VICTOR JUNG, V GLOBAL HOLDINGS
INC., 133 ESSEX RESTAURANT, LLC a/k/a
SONS OF ESSEX, BLACK LABEL
RESIDENTIAL LLC, 19 STANTON
RESTAURANT, LLC a/k/a COCKTAIL
BODEGA a/k/a COCKTAIL BODEGA
UNDERGROUND, 61 GANS RESTAURANT
LLC, GRIFFON GANSEVOORT HOLDINGS,
LLC, GRIFFON GANSEVOORT HOLDINGS,
LLC, GRIFFON MANAGEMENT, LLC,
GRIFFON 55 GANS LLC, GRIFFON 55
GANS, LLC, GRIFFON GANS MANAGER,
LLC, GRIFFON 19 STANTON LLC, 19
STANTON STREET, LLC, 19 STANTON
STREET, LLC, GRIFFON 1356 LLC,
GRIFFON Q, LLC, GRIFFON GANS, LLC,
GRIFFON GANS MANAGER, LLC, GRIFFON
HOLDINGS, LLC, GRIFFON INVESTMENT,
LLC, GRIFFON INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC,
GRIFFON INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC,
1356 RESTAURANT LLC a/k/a PETALUMA
RESTAURANT, 170 MERCER
RESTAURANT LLC, MOON 170 MERCER,
INC., 58-60 NINTH REALTY LLC,
GANSEVOORT 69 LLC, DELSHAH
GANSEVOORT 69, LLC, 69 GANSEVOORT
RESTAURANT, INC., DELSHAH 60 NINTH,
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LLC, DELSHAH 60 NINTH MANAGER, LLC,
INDIEFORK HOSPITALITY LLC, JAMES
CHOUNG, JCNY, LLC, PAYCHEX, INC.,
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. and JOHN DOE
#1 through #10,
Defendants.
CATS SSS RoR CR ORERTES eee
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that upon the affirmation of James J. Coster, Esq., sworn to
the 23" day of September, 2013, the Memorandum of Law filed by Delshah Capital, LLC,
Delshah Management, LLC, Michael K. Shah, 133 Essex Restaurant, LLC a/k/a Sons Of Essex,
Black Label Residential LLC, 19 Stanton Restaurant, LLC a/k/a Cocktail Bodega a/k/a Cocktail
Bodega, 61 Gans Restaurant LLC, Griffon Gansevoort Holdings, LLC, Griffon Gansevoort
Holdings, LLC, Griffon 55 Gans LLC (NY), Griffon 55 Gans LLC (DE) LLC, Griffon Gans
Manager, LLC. Griffon 19 Stanton LLC. 19 Stanton Street. LLC (NY). 19 Stanton Street, LLC
(DE). Griffon 1356 LLC, Griffon Q, LLC, Griffon Gans Manager, LLC (NY), Griffon Gans
Manager, LLC (DE), Griffon Holdings, LLC, 1356 Restaurant LLC a/k/a Petaluma Restaurant,
170 Mercer Restaurant LLC, Moon 170 Mercer, Inc., Delshah Gansevoort 69, LLC, 69
Gansevoort Restaurant, Inc., Delshah 60 Ninth, LLC, Delshah 60 Ninth Manager, LLC and
Indiefork Hospitality LLC, dated August 27, 2013, and upon all prior pleadings and proceedings
heretofore had herein, defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will move this Court at the Motion
Support Office Courtroom, Room 130 of the Courthouse located at 60 Centre Street, New York,
NY on the 14" day of October, 2013, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, or as soon
thereafter as counsel can be heard, for an Order pursuant to CPLR 3024, 3013 and 3014
dismissing the instant complaint upon grounds that the complaint fails to comply with the
pleading requirements of the CPLR, or, in the alternative, requiring plaintiffs to file an amended
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complaint so as to provide JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. with a sufficiently definite statement of
the claims alleged against it, and for such other and further relief as the Court deems appropriate.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to CPLR 2214(b), answering papers,
if any, must be served on the undersigned at least seven (7) days before the return date of this
motion.
Dated: New York, New York
September 23, 2013
SATTERLEE, STEPHENS, BURKE &
BURKE LLP
By
s J. Coster
Jennifer Philbrick McArdle
Attorneys for Defendant JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (sued herein as JPMorgan
Chase & Co.)
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1130
New York, New York 10169
Tel: (212) 818-9200
Fax: (212) 818-9606
E-mail: jcoster@ssbb.com
jmcardle@ssbb.com
To Clerk of the Court
Thomas B. Decea, Esq.
Attorneys for the Plaintiffs
One North Broadway, Suite 1202
White Plains, New York 10601
(914) 285-1400
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INDEX NO. 652637/2013 (FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 0972372013) NYSCEF DOC. NO. 65 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/23/2013 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK SURSSSDy SSE WEROSs Cermernceoos su BRANDSWAY HOSPITALITY, LLC a/k/a BRANDSWAY HOSPITALITY, INDIEFORK LLC Index No. 652637/2013 and MATTHEW LEVINE, Plaintiffs, NOTICE OF MOTION PURSUANT TO CPLR 3024 -against- 3013 & 3014 DELSHAH CAPITAL, LLC, DELSHAH MANAGEMENT, LLC, MICHAEL K. SHAH, VICTOR JUNG, V GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC., 133 ESSEX RESTAURANT, LLC a/k/a SONS OF ESSEX, BLACK LABEL RESIDENTIAL LLC, 19 STANTON RESTAURANT, LLC a/k/a COCKTAIL BODEGA a/k/a COCKTAIL BODEGA UNDERGROUND, 61 GANS RESTAURANT LLC, GRIFFON GANSEVOORT HOLDINGS, LLC, GRIFFON GANSEVOORT HOLDINGS, LLC, GRIFFON MANAGEMENT, LLC, GRIFFON 55 GANS LLC, GRIFFON 55 GANS, LLC, GRIFFON GANS MANAGER, LLC, GRIFFON 19 STANTON LLC, 19 STANTON STREET, LLC, 19 STANTON STREET, LLC, GRIFFON 1356 LLC, GRIFFON Q, LLC, GRIFFON GANS, LLC, GRIFFON GANS MANAGER, LLC, GRIFFON HOLDINGS, LLC, GRIFFON INVESTMENT, LLC, GRIFFON INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC, GRIFFON INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, 1356 RESTAURANT LLC a/k/a PETALUMA RESTAURANT, 170 MERCER RESTAURANT LLC, MOON 170 MERCER, INC., 58-60 NINTH REALTY LLC, GANSEVOORT 69 LLC, DELSHAH GANSEVOORT 69, LLC, 69 GANSEVOORT RESTAURANT, INC., DELSHAH 60 NINTH, 1768830_3 LLC, DELSHAH 60 NINTH MANAGER, LLC, INDIEFORK HOSPITALITY LLC, JAMES CHOUNG, JCNY, LLC, PAYCHEX, INC., JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. and JOHN DOE #1 through #10, Defendants. CATS SSS RoR CR ORERTES eee PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that upon the affirmation of James J. Coster, Esq., sworn to the 23" day of September, 2013, the Memorandum of Law filed by Delshah Capital, LLC, Delshah Management, LLC, Michael K. Shah, 133 Essex Restaurant, LLC a/k/a Sons Of Essex, Black Label Residential LLC, 19 Stanton Restaurant, LLC a/k/a Cocktail Bodega a/k/a Cocktail Bodega, 61 Gans Restaurant LLC, Griffon Gansevoort Holdings, LLC, Griffon Gansevoort Holdings, LLC, Griffon 55 Gans LLC (NY), Griffon 55 Gans LLC (DE) LLC, Griffon Gans Manager, LLC. Griffon 19 Stanton LLC. 19 Stanton Street. LLC (NY). 19 Stanton Street, LLC (DE). Griffon 1356 LLC, Griffon Q, LLC, Griffon Gans Manager, LLC (NY), Griffon Gans Manager, LLC (DE), Griffon Holdings, LLC, 1356 Restaurant LLC a/k/a Petaluma Restaurant, 170 Mercer Restaurant LLC, Moon 170 Mercer, Inc., Delshah Gansevoort 69, LLC, 69 Gansevoort Restaurant, Inc., Delshah 60 Ninth, LLC, Delshah 60 Ninth Manager, LLC and Indiefork Hospitality LLC, dated August 27, 2013, and upon all prior pleadings and proceedings heretofore had herein, defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will move this Court at the Motion Support Office Courtroom, Room 130 of the Courthouse located at 60 Centre Street, New York, NY on the 14" day of October, 2013, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, for an Order pursuant to CPLR 3024, 3013 and 3014 dismissing the instant complaint upon grounds that the complaint fails to comply with the pleading requirements of the CPLR, or, in the alternative, requiring plaintiffs to file an amended 1768830_3. complaint so as to provide JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. with a sufficiently definite statement of the claims alleged against it, and for such other and further relief as the Court deems appropriate. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to CPLR 2214(b), answering papers, if any, must be served on the undersigned at least seven (7) days before the return date of this motion. Dated: New York, New York September 23, 2013 SATTERLEE, STEPHENS, BURKE & BURKE LLP By s J. Coster Jennifer Philbrick McArdle Attorneys for Defendant JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (sued herein as JPMorgan Chase & Co.) 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1130 New York, New York 10169 Tel: (212) 818-9200 Fax: (212) 818-9606 E-mail: jcoster@ssbb.com jmcardle@ssbb.com To Clerk of the Court Thomas B. Decea, Esq. Attorneys for the Plaintiffs One North Broadway, Suite 1202 White Plains, New York 10601 (914) 285-1400 1768830_3