Order unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum:
CPLR 3216 (subd [a]) authorizes a court to dismiss a complaint when it finds that a party has unreasonably neglected to prosecute his claim. It was incumbent upon plaintiff to offer a justifiable excuse for the almost 21-month delay between service of the demand to file a note of issue and the motion to dismiss the action. Plaintiff's offered excuse that there was an appeal pending in a companion cause...
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