Opinion
Argued November 16, 2000.
December 12, 2000.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Anthony M. Ventura appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Ponterio J.), dated July 14, 1999, which denied his motion for leave to vacate a judgment entered against him upon his failure to appear or answer.
Jeffrey Eisenberg, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Norman Delman, Staten Island, N.Y. (Thomas Torto and Michael G. Levin of counsel), for respondent.
Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant failed to show a meritorious defense to the action and therefore was not entitled to vacatur of the judgment entered against him (see, CPLR 317; Nicolosi v. Sleuth Sec. Sys., 248 A.D.2d 521).