Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
We find that the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in granting the plaintiffs' motion for a default judgment. The record indicates that the defendant failed to establish both a reasonable excuse for failing to answer the complaint and a meritorious defense to the underlying claims (see, MacMarty, Inc. v Scheller,
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