School Dist., 295 AD2d 683, 684 [2002] [citations ommitted]), and a breach thereof is material if it is “so substantial that it defeats the object of the parties in making the contract” (Robert Cohn Assoc., Inc. v Kosich, 63 AD3d 1388, 1389 [2009] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]; accord Accadia Site Contr., Inc. v Erie County Water Auth., 115 AD3d 1351, 1353 [2014]; Fitzpatrick v Animal Care Hosp.,… [read post]