Opinion
May 27, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Milton Williams, J.).
The renovation contract which was entered into between defendant and Bren, the proprietary lessee, was unenforceable by reason of defendant's failure to possess a home improvement license as mandated by Administrative Code of the City of New York § 20-387 (see, Mortise v 55 Liberty Owners Corp., 102 A.D.2d 719, affd 63 N.Y.2d 743) and defendant cannot avoid the strong policy considerations underlying that Administrative Code provision by seeking to recover its unpaid balance from the cooperative corporation with whom it has no contractual, or other, relationship.
Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Wallach, Kupferman and Asch, JJ.