In order to vacate a default, an applicant must demonstrate not only a reasonable excuse therefor, but also a meritorious defense. Here, the record reveals no merit to the children's entitlement to tenancy.
The tenant of record, who is ill and now lives in New Jersey, was terminated on default when she failed, inter alia, to provide justification for the unauthorized occupancy by petitioner and her children in the public housing apartment. The IAS Court erroneously...
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