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 and judgment absolute ordered against appellant on the stipulation, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice George Bundy Smith at the Appellate Division (157 AD2d 352).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.