Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
"CPLR 3216 is, by its terms `extremely forgiving' in that it never requires, but merely authorizes, the Supreme Court to dismiss a plaintiff's action based on the plaintiff's unreasonable neglect to proceed . . . While the statute prohibits the Supreme Court from dismissing an action based on neglect to proceed whenever the plaintiff has shown a justifiable excuse for his or her delay, and a...
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