OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed, with costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (226 AD2d 157). Concur: Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick and Wesley.