On appeal, Willock has abandoned his argument that he had a reasonable excuse for failing to oppose plaintiff's motion for a deficiency judgment (CPLR 5015[a][1]). Instead, he claims that plaintiff committed "fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct" (CPLR 5015[a][3]). This argument is improperly raised for the first time on appeal (see Ta-Chotani v Doubleclick, Inc.,
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