Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
"A defendant seeking to vacate a default in answering a complaint and to compel the plaintiff to accept an untimely answer as timely must show both a reasonable excuse for the default and the existence of a potentially meritorious defense'" (Emigrant Bank v O. Carl Wiseman,
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