In Morgan v. Prospect Park Associates Holdings, L.P. (251 A.D.2d 306 [2d Dept. 1998]), the court stated that: While CPLR 3025 provides that leave to amend a pleading shall be freely granted, leave to amend is not to be granted upon the mere request of a party without a proper basis . Rather, it is incumbent upon the movant to make "some evidentiary showing that the claim can be supported" . In determining whether to grant leave, a court must examine the underlying merit of the proposed claims, since to do otherwise would be wasteful of judicial resources . ( Id., 251 A.D.2d, at 306).