Opinion
November 2, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (LeVine, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Generally, in order to successfully oppose a motion for leave to enter a judgment based on the failure to serve an answer, a defendant must demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the delay and provide a meritorious defense (see, Pumarejo-Garcia v. McDonough, 242 A.D.2d 374; Dinerstein Lesser v. Ambulette Assn., 88 A.D.2d 945). The defendant failed to demonstrate either and, thus, the plaintiff's motion, inter alia, for leave to enter a judgment upon his default in appearing was properly granted.
Bracken, J. P., Santucci, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.