FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 05/10/2023 03:50 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 514011/2023
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/10/2023
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF KINGS
`
`OF THE STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`U.S. BANK NATIONAL
`BANK EQUIPMENT
`
`ASSOCIATION
`FINANCE,
`
`d/b/a U.S.
`
`Index No.
`
`-against-
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC.,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Defendant
`
`CIVIL
`
`ACTION
`
`SUMMONS
`
`Plaintiff
`
`designates
`
`New York
`
`County
`
`as the place
`
`of
`
`trial.
`
`Basis
`
`of venue:
`
`Office
`
`of
`
`the Defendant.
`
`Plaintiff's
`Minnesota,
`
`principal
`56258.
`
`place
`
`of business
`
`is located
`
`at 1310 Madrid
`
`Street,
`
`Suite
`
`100, Marshall,
`
`TO THE ABOVE-NAMED
`
`DEFENDANT:
`
`YOU ARE HEREBY
`SUMMONED
`the Complaint
`to answer
`served with
`of your Answer,
`this Summons,
`is not
`if
`the Complaint
`or,
`on the Plaintiff's
`the service
`of
`days after
`within
`attorney
`(20)
`twenty
`day of service
`(or within
`days after
`the service
`is complete
`thirty
`(30)
`delivered
`to you within
`the State of New York);
`and in case of your
`judgment
`will
`be taken
`you
`by default
`demanded
`against
`the relief
`
`for
`
`and to serve a copy
`in this action
`to serve
`of appearance,
`a notice
`the
`this Summons,
`exclusive
`of
`is not personally
`if
`this Summons
`to appear
`failure
`or answer,
`in the Complaint.
`
`Dated:
`
`May
`
`10, 2023
`
`Defendant's
`Address:
`PROMISE
`CHILDREN
`54 MacDough
`Street
`New York
`Brooklyn,
`
`NYC
`
`11216
`
`A. GRUEN
`
`LAW OFFICES
`OF CHARLES
`for Plaintiff
`Attorneys
`Avenue
`7703 Fifth
`New York
`Brooklyn,
`and
`300
`Suite
`381 Broadway,
`New Jersey
`07675
`Westwood,
`342-1212
`(201)
`
`11209
`
`1 of 6
`
`

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`FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 05/10/2023 03:50 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 514011/2023
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/10/2023
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT OF THE STATE
`OF KINGS
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`U.S. BANK
`NATIONAL
`BANK
`EQUIPMENT
`
`ASSOCIATION
`FINANCE,
`
`d/b/a U.S.
`
`Index No.
`
`-against-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`CIVIL
`
`ACTION
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC
`
`Defendant.
`
`COMPLAINT
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`U.S. BANK NATIONAL
`
`ASSOCIATION
`
`d/b/a U.S. BANK
`
`EQUIPMENT
`
`FINANCE,
`
`by way
`
`of Complaint
`
`against
`
`the Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`says:
`
`FIRST
`
`CAUSE
`
`OF ACTION
`
`1.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`U.S. BANK
`
`NATIONAL
`
`ASSOCIATION
`
`d/b/a U.S. BANK EQUIPMENT
`
`FINANCE
`
`(hereinafter
`
`referred
`
`to as "U.S.
`
`BANK"),
`
`is duly
`
`organized
`
`and existing
`
`under
`
`the laws of
`
`the United
`
`States,
`
`with
`
`its principal
`
`place
`
`of business
`
`in Minneapolis,
`
`Minnesota.
`
`2.
`
`On or about February
`
`25, 2019, Plaintiff
`
`entered
`
`into
`
`a Lease Agreement,
`
`numbered
`
`xxx-
`
`xxx0427-000,
`
`with
`
`the Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC.
`
`Pursuant
`
`to the terms
`
`of
`
`the
`
`aforesaid
`
`Plaintiff
`
`agreed
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`Lease Agreement,
`
`to lease to the Defendant,
`
`NYC,
`
`certain
`
`equipment
`
`more
`
`fully
`
`described
`
`in Exhibit
`
`"A,"
`
`and the Defendant
`
`agreed
`
`to make
`
`sixty-three
`
`(63)
`
`consecutive
`
`monthly
`
`payments
`
`in the amount
`
`of $2,595.00.00
`
`each,
`
`plus
`
`applicable
`
`taxes,
`
`to
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`for
`
`the lease financing
`
`provided.
`
`A true copy of
`
`the aforementioned
`
`Lease Agreement
`
`is
`
`attached
`
`hereto
`
`and made
`
`a part hereof
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"A."
`
`3.
`
`On or about April
`
`9, 2020, U.S. BANK entered
`
`into
`
`and executed
`
`a Payment
`
`Modification
`
`Amendment
`
`to the Lease Agreement,
`
`with
`
`the Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`as a result
`
`of
`
`the disruption
`
`caused
`
`by the COVID-19
`
`pandemic
`
`in the United
`
`States.
`
`The
`
`Payment
`
`Modification
`
`Amendment
`
`deferred
`
`three
`
`(3) consecutive
`
`monthly
`
`payments
`
`effective
`
`April
`
`27, 2020,
`
`thereby
`
`extending
`
`term of
`
`the Equipment
`
`Finance
`
`Agreement
`
`by three
`
`(3) months,
`
`with
`
`2 of 6
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`such deferred
`
`payments
`
`becoming
`
`due and payable
`
`successively
`
`after
`
`the expiration
`
`of
`
`the term of
`
`the Lease Agreement.
`
`A true copy
`
`made
`
`a part hereof
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"B."
`
`of
`
`the Payment
`
`Modification
`
`Amendment
`
`is attached
`
`hereto
`
`and
`
`4.
`
`Subsequently,
`
`on July
`
`9, 2020, Plaintiff
`
`entered
`
`into
`
`and executed
`
`an
`
`Acknowledgment
`
`of Correction
`
`to Payment
`
`Modification
`
`Amendment
`
`to Lease Agreement
`
`number
`
`xxx-xxx0427-000,
`
`which modified
`
`the date of
`
`the original
`
`Agreement.
`
`A true copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Acknowledgment
`
`of Correction
`
`to Payment
`
`Modification
`
`Amendment
`
`is attached
`
`hereto
`
`and made
`
`a part hereof
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"C."
`
`5.
`
`On or about
`
`June 25, 2019, Plaintiff
`
`entered
`
`into
`
`another
`
`Lease Agreement,
`
`numbered
`
`xxx-xxx1254-000,
`
`with
`
`the Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC.
`
`A true copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`aforementioned
`
`Lease Agreement
`
`is attached
`
`hereto
`
`and made
`
`a part hereof
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"D."
`
`'
`
`6.
`
`Pursuant
`
`to the terms
`
`of
`
`the aforesaid
`
`Lease Agreement,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`agreed
`
`to lease to the
`
`equipment
`
`in Exhibit
`
`"D,"
`
`Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`certain
`
`more
`
`fully
`
`described
`
`and the Defendant
`
`agreed
`
`to make
`
`sixty-three
`
`(63)
`
`consecutive
`
`monthly
`
`payments
`
`in the amount
`
`of
`
`$5,999.00
`
`each,
`
`plus
`
`applicable
`
`taxes,
`
`to Plaintiff,
`
`for
`
`the lease financing
`
`provided.
`
`7.
`
`The Defendant
`
`has failed
`
`and continues
`
`to fail
`
`to make
`
`payments
`
`and has otherwise
`
`failed
`
`to perform
`
`its obligations
`
`pursuant
`
`to the Lease Agreements
`
`and has defaulted
`
`pursuant
`
`to same.
`
`8.
`
`Payment
`
`has been demanded
`
`of
`
`the Defendant
`
`by the Plaintiff,
`
`but
`
`the Defendant
`
`has
`
`failed
`
`and continues
`
`to fail
`
`and refuses
`
`to abide
`
`by the terms
`
`of
`
`the Lease Agreements
`
`and payments
`
`have
`
`not been made.
`
`9.
`
`The Defendant
`
`is indebted
`
`to Plaintiff
`
`in the amount
`
`of $82,143.69
`
`under
`
`Lease
`
`Agreement
`
`numbered
`
`xxx-xxx0427-000,
`
`which
`
`sum is inclusive
`
`of
`
`the sum of $2,780.64
`
`in late charges,
`
`which
`
`continue
`
`to accrue,
`
`and subject
`
`to a per diem of $27.01
`
`from April
`
`19, 2023,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`lawful
`
`interest,
`
`costs
`
`of suit and reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees.
`
`2
`
`3 of 6
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`FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 05/10/2023 03:50 PM
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`10.
`
`The Defendant
`
`is indebted
`
`to Plaintiff
`
`in the amount
`
`of $285,334.83
`
`under
`
`Lease
`
`Agreement
`
`numbered
`
`xxx-xxx1254-000,
`
`which
`
`sum is inclusive
`
`of
`
`the sum of $8,055.78
`
`in late charges,
`
`which
`
`continue
`
`to accrue,
`
`and subject
`
`to a per diem of $93.81
`
`from April
`
`19, 2023,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`lawful
`
`interest,
`
`costs
`
`of suit and reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees.
`
`11.
`
`Based
`
`upon
`
`the foregoing,
`
`giving
`
`the Defendant
`
`credit
`
`for all payments
`
`made,
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`is indebted
`
`to the Plaintiff
`
`in the sum of THREE
`
`HUNDRED
`
`SIXTY-SEVEN
`
`THOUSAND
`
`FOUR HUNDRED
`
`SEVENTY-EIGHT
`
`and 52/100
`
`DOLLARS
`
`($367,478.52)
`
`together
`
`with
`
`lawful
`
`interest,
`
`late charges,
`
`costs
`
`of suit and reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`U.S. BANK NATIONAL
`
`ASSOCIATION
`
`d/b/a U.S. BANK
`
`EQUIPMENT
`
`FINANCE,
`
`demands
`
`judgment
`
`on the FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
`
`against
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`interest
`
`from the date of
`
`default,
`
`reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees,
`
`costs
`
`of suit and for such other
`
`relief
`
`as the Court may deem
`
`NYC,
`
`for damages,
`
`late charges,
`
`appropriate.
`
`SECOND CAUSE
`
`OF ACTION
`
`1.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and realleges
`
`each and every
`
`allegation
`
`contained
`
`within
`
`the FIRST
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`
`as if same were
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`at
`
`length
`
`herein.
`
`Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`is indebted
`
`to Plaintiff
`
`on certain
`
`book
`
`Payment
`
`has been demanded
`
`from the Defendant
`
`by Plaintiff,
`
`but payment
`
`has not been
`
`2.
`
`3.
`
`accounts.
`
`made.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`U.S. BANK
`
`NATIONAL
`
`ASSOCIATION
`
`d/b/a U.S. BANK
`
`EQUIPMENT
`
`FINANCE,
`
`demands
`
`judgment
`
`on the SECOND
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`
`against
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`CHILDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`for damages,
`
`late charges,
`
`interest
`
`from the date of
`
`default,
`
`reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees,
`
`costs
`
`of suit and for such other
`
`relief
`
`as the Court may deem
`
`appropriate.
`
`3
`
`4 of 6
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`FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 05/10/2023 03:50 PM
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`INDEX NO. 514011/2023
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/10/2023
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`TERD
`
`CAUSE
`
`OF ACTION
`
`l.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and realleges
`
`each and every
`
`allegation
`
`contained
`
`within
`
`the FIRST
`
`and
`
`SECOND CAUSES
`
`OF ACTION
`
`as if same were
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`at
`
`length
`
`herein.
`
`2.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`sues the Defendant,
`
`CMLDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`for equipment
`
`leased to
`
`the Defendant
`
`upon
`
`the promise
`
`of
`
`the Defendant
`
`to pay therefor.
`
`3.
`
`Payment
`
`has been demanded
`
`and has not been made.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`U.S. BANK NATIONAL
`
`ASSOCIATION
`
`d/b/a U.S. BANK
`
`EQUIPMENT
`
`FINANCE,
`
`demands
`
`judgment
`
`on the TERD
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`
`against
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`CELDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`for damages,
`
`late charges,
`
`interest
`
`from the date of
`
`default,
`
`reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees, costs
`
`of suit and for
`
`such other
`
`relief
`
`as the Court may deem
`
`appropriate.
`
`FOURTH
`
`CAUSE
`
`OF ACTION
`
`1.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and realleges
`
`each and every
`
`allegation
`
`contained
`
`within
`
`the FIRST,
`
`SECOND and TERD
`
`CAUSES
`
`OF ACTION
`
`as if same were
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`at
`
`length
`
`herein.
`
`2.
`
`By accepting
`
`the benefits
`
`of
`
`the financing
`
`supplied
`
`by the Plaintiff
`
`without
`
`remitting
`
`payment
`
`therefor,
`
`the Defendant,
`
`CELDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`has been unjustly
`
`enriched
`
`at
`
`the
`
`expense
`
`of
`
`the Plaintiff.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`U.S. BANK NATIONAL
`
`ASSOCIATION
`
`d/b/a U.S. BANK
`
`EQUIPMENT
`
`FINANCE,
`
`demands
`
`judgment
`
`on the FOURTH
`
`CAUSE OF ACTION
`
`against
`
`the
`
`Defendant,
`
`CELDREN
`
`OF PROMISE
`
`NYC,
`
`for damages,
`
`late charges,
`
`interest
`
`from the date of
`
`default,
`
`reasonable
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees,
`
`costs
`
`of suit and for
`
`such other
`
`relief
`
`as the Court may
`
`deem
`
`appropriate.
`
`4
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`5 of 6
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`FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 05/10/2023 03:50 PM
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`INDEX NO. 514011/2023
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/10/2023
`
`A. GRUEN
`
`11209
`
`LAW OFFICES
`OF CHARLES
`for Plaintiff
`Attorneys
`Avenue
`7703 Fifth
`New York
`Brooklyn,
`and
`Suite
`381 Broadway,
`New erse
`Westwood,
`342-1212
`(201)
`
`3
`
`07675
`
`Dated:
`
`May
`
`10, 2023
`
`By:
`
`Charles
`
`A. Gruen
`
`5
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`6 of 6
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