Opinion
No. 2969.
March 4, 2008.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dianne T. Renwick, J.), entered March 2, 2007, which denied the motion by defendants Morrison and Dawes to dismiss the complaint as abandoned, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Galvano Xanthakis, P.C., New York (Steven F. Granville of counsel), for appellants.
Rimland Associates, Brooklyn (Anthony M. Grisanti of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Williams, Sweeny and Catterson, JJ.
plaintiff showed "sufficient cause . . . why the complaint should not be dismissed" (CPLR 3215 [c]). Acceptance of the excuse offered for the relatively short delay was, under the circumstances, a proper exercise of judicial discretion ( see Pappoe v Custodio, 156 AD2d 211).