Velin Mezinev, appellant pro se.

Braunstein & Zuckerman, White Plains (Chanah Brenenson of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura E. Drager, J.), entered March 29, 2019, which granted defendant wife's motion for interim counsel fees to the extent of awarding her $100,000, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

An award of interim counsel fees to the wife was proper as she was the less-monied spouse (Domestic Relations Law § 237). The court's award of only $100,000 of the more than $280,000 in fees requested by the wife is supported by the record (DeCabrera v Cabrera-Rosete, 70 NY2d 879, 881 [1987]; see also Johnson v Chapin, 12 NY3d 461, 467 [2009]). Furthermore, the interim award will be taken into account in determining the amount of the equitable distribution award (Plawner v Plawner, 208 AD2d 408 [1st Dept 1994]). Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Singh, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.