There was no showing that this action had been abandoned. Conditions precedent to dismissal for want of prosecution require joinder of issue, passage of one year since joinder, and written demand by the party seeking dismissal, by registered or certified mail, that the plaintiff serve and file a note of issue within 90 days (CPLR 3216 [b]). Questions remain, however, regarding service of the 90-day demand on plaintiff's counsel at the proper address (Chase v Scavuzzo,...
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