Opinion
6256N.
June 7, 2005.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Helen E. Freedman, J.), entered on or about June 8, 2004, which denied defendant's motion to vacate a prior default judgment of the same court and Justice, entered November 20, 2001, in the amount of $200,000 plus interest, costs and disbursements, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, for appellants.
Lazarus Lazarus, P.C., New York (Harlan M. Lazarus of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Friedman, Gonzalez and Catterson, JJ.
Defendants have not offered a reasonable excuse for their failure to oppose plaintiff's motion, pursuant to CPLR 3126, to strike their answer ( see Grieco v. Walker, 8 AD3d 66). Nor have they attempted to explain their failure and refusal to respond to court-ordered discovery, or their failure to appear at the inquest. In the absence of a reasonable excuse, denial of the motion to vacate the default judgment was a provident exercise of discretion ( Silverman Weinraub v. Gillon, 1 AD3d 142).