To have a late answer deemed timely served nunc pro tunc, and avoid the entry of a default judgment, a nonanswering defendant is required to provide a reasonable excuse for the delay in answering and demonstrate a potentially meritorious defense to the action (see CPLR 5015[a][1]), which defendant Ahmed failed to do.
Were defendant's arguments raised in opposition to plaintiff's motion for a judgment of foreclosure and sale to be considered, such arguments...
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