Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(1) and (5) to dismiss the complaint and to cancel a notice of pendency filed against the subject real property. General Obligations Law § 5-703(2) specifically provides that "[a] contract ... for the sale, of any real property... is void unless the contract or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, is in writing...
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