Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the plaintiffs' motion for leave to enter a judgment upon the appellant's failure to answer or appear and in denying the cross motion to compel acceptance of the late answer. The appellant failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for the five-month delay in answering the complaint, and failed to demonstrate that it had a meritorious defense (see, Palermo...
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