Plaintiff's failure to timely comply with defendant's CPLR 3216 90-day demand resulted in the instant motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to prosecute by defendant John C. Pettinato. To avoid dismissal plaintiff was required to demonstrate a justifiable excuse for his delay in complying with the demand and, in addition, to show that his cause of action had legal merit (see, Mason v Simmons,
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