mendment is palpably insufficient or patently devoid of merit (see CPLR 3025 [b]; Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v Thomas, 70 AD3d 986, 987 [2d Dept 2010]; Lucido v Mancuso, 49 AD3d 220, 222 [2d Dept 2008], appeal withdrawn 13 NY3d 813 [2009]), and, here, the proposed amendment was not palpably insufficient or patently