Appellants claim, as a reasonable excuse for their nonappearance, that they never received any copy of the process in the action because their address on file with the Secretary of State was obsolete. However, the failure to file a change of address with the Secretary of State generally is not a reasonable excuse under CPLR 5015 (a) (1) (Crespo v A.D.A. Mgt.,
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