The award of prejudgment interest against Liberty violates the well established rule, embodied in General Obligations Law § 7-301, that the liability of a surety is limited to the "amount specified in the undertaking" plus interest "from the time of default by the surety" (see e.g. Tri-City Elec. Co. v People,
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