Landlord has not proven a proper demand for the rent ¡as provided by statute (Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law, § 711, subd. 2) and failure to comply with the statute bars the proceeding to obtain possession of leased premises (Fleisher v. Wolff, 91 N. Y. S. 2d 427).
The judgment should be affirmed, without costs, and without prejudice to a new proceeding.
Concur — Gold, J. P., Capozzoli and Hofstadter, JJ.
Judgment affirmed, etc.