section 3215(c) otherwise mandatory in New York

2026Trust Co. v Brathwaite , 197 AD3d 557, 557-558 [internal quotation marks omitted], quoting Giglio v NTIMP, Inc. , 86 AD3d 301, 308 ). "'This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious'" ( id. at 558, quoting Giglio v NTIMP, Inc. , 86 AD3d at 308 ).

2025Trust Co. v Brathwaite , 197 AD3d 557, 557-558 [2d Dept 2021]).

2014“This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious” (Giglio v NTIMP, Inc., 86 AD3d at 308 ; see Ryant v Bullock, 77 AD3d 811, 811 [2010]; Solano v Castro, 72 AD3d 932, 932-933 [2010]; 115-41 St.

2014“This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious” (Giglio v NTIMP, Inc., 86 AD3d at 308 ; see Ryant v Bullock, 77 AD3d 811, 811 [2010]; Solano v Castro, 72 AD3d 932, 932-933 [2010]; 115-41 St.

2026Pursuant to CPLR 3215(c), "[i]f the plaintiff fails to take proceedings for the entry of judgment within one year after the default, the court shall not enter judgment but shall dismiss the complaint as abandoned . . . unless sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed." "'The language of CPLR 3215(c) is not, in the first instance, discretionary, but mandatory, inasmuch as [the] courts "shall" dismiss claims (CPLR 3215[c]) for which default judgments are not sought within the requisite one-year period, as those claims are then deemed abandoned'" ( Noteworthy Foreclosure

2026Pursuant to CPLR 3215(c), "[i]f the plaintiff fails to take proceedings for the entry of judgment within one year after the default, the court shall not enter judgment but shall dismiss the complaint as abandoned . . . unless sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed." "'The language of CPLR 3215(c) is not, in the first instance, discretionary, but mandatory, inasmuch as [the] courts "shall" dismiss claims (CPLR 3215[c]) for which default judgments are not sought within the requisite one-year period, as those claims are then deemed abandoned'" ( Noteworthy Foreclosure

2021"This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default [*2]judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious" ( Giglio v NTIMP, Inc. , 86 AD3d at 308 ; see U.S. Bank, N.A. v Laulicht , 176 AD3d at 893; Bank of N.Y. v Kushnir , 150 AD3d 946, 948 ).

2021CPLR 3215(c) provides, in pertinent part, that "[i]f the plaintiff fails to take proceedings for the entry of judgment within one year after the default, the court shall not enter judgment but shall dismiss the complaint as abandoned, without costs, upon its own initiative or on motion, unless sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed." "The one exception to the otherwise mandatory language of CPLR 3215(c) is that the failure to timely seek a default on an unanswered complaint or counterclaim may be excused if 'sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be

2014“This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious” (Giglio v NTIMP, Inc., 86 AD3d at 308 ; see Ryant v Bullock, 77 AD3d 811, 811 [2010]; Solano v Castro, 72 AD3d 932, 932-933 [2010]; 115-41 St.

2014“This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious” (Giglio v NTIMP, Inc., 86 AD3d at 308 ; see Ryant v Bullock, 77 AD3d 811, 811 [2010]; Solano v Castro, 72 AD3d 932, 932-933 [2010]; 115-41 St.

2026CPLR 3215(c) provides that "[i]f the plaintiff fails to take proceedings for the entry of judgment within one year after the default, the court shall not enter judgment but shall dismiss the complaint as abandoned, without costs, upon its own initiative or on motion, unless sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed." "The language of CPLR 3215(c) is not, in the first instance, discretionary, but mandatory, inasmuch as courts 'shall' dismiss claims for which default judgments are not sought within the requisite one-year period, as those claims are then deemed abandoned

2025"The one exception to the otherwise mandatory language of CPLR 3215(c) is that the failure to timely seek a default on an unanswered complaint or counterclaim may be excused if sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed" ( id. at 648-649).

2026Trust Co. v O'Connor , 223 AD3d 872 , 874; HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Cross , 205 AD3d 779 , 781). "'The one exception to the otherwise mandatory language of CPLR 3215(c) is that the failure to timely seek a default on an unanswered complaint or counterclaim may be excused if sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed'" ( Deutsche Bank Natl.

2023Pursuant to CPLR 3215(c), "[i]f the plaintiff fails to take proceedings for the entry of a judgment within one year after the default, the court shall not enter judgment but shall dismiss the complaint as abandoned . . . unless sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed." "The language of CPLR 3215(c) is not, in the first instance, discretionary, but mandatory, inasmuch as the courts 'shall' dismiss claims (CPLR 3215[c]) for which default judgments are not sought within the requisite one-year period, as those claims are then deemed abandoned" ( Giglio v NTIMP, Inc. , 8

2026Trust Co. v Singh , 236 AD3d at 860-861, quoting Bank of N.Y. v Pieloch , 217 AD3d 647, 648-649 ).

2022"If [a] plaintiff fails to take proceedings for the entry of judgment within one year after [a] default, the court shall not enter judgment but shall dismiss the complaint as abandoned, without costs, upon its own initiative or on motion, unless sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed" ( id .). " 'The one exception to the otherwise mandatory language of CPLR 3215 (c) is that the failure to timely seek a default on an unanswered complaint . . . may be excused if sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed' " ( U.S. Bank, N.A. v [*2]Reamer , 18

2022Sufficient cause exists where " '(1) the failure to seek a default judgment within one year after the default is excusable[,] and (2) the cause of action is meritorious' " ( Fuentes v Hoffman , 118 AD3d 1324, 1325 [4th Dept 2014]).

2020"The one exception to the otherwise mandatory language of CPLR 3215 (c) is that the failure to timely seek a default on an unanswered complaint or counterclaim may be excused if sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed" ( BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. v Bertram , 171 AD3d 994 , 995 [2d Dept 2019] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Zenzillo v Underwriters at Lloyd's London , 78 AD3d 1540 , 1541 [4th Dept 2010]).

2020In order to establish " 'sufficient cause,' plaintiff was required to present a valid excuse for [its] delay in proceeding with the action and to demonstrate a meritorious claim" ( Morton v Morton , 136 AD2d 902, 902 [4th Dept 1988]; see BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. , 171 AD3d at 995).

2020In order to establish " 'sufficient cause,' plaintiff was required to present a valid excuse for [its] delay in proceeding with the action and to demonstrate a meritorious claim" ( Morton v Morton , 136 AD2d 902, 902 [4th Dept 1988]; see BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. , 171 AD3d at 995).

2020"The one exception to the otherwise mandatory language of CPLR 3215 (c) is that the failure to timely seek a default on an unanswered complaint or counterclaim may be excused if sufficient cause is shown why the complaint should not be dismissed" ( BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. v Bertram , 171 AD3d 994 , 995 [2d Dept 2019] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Zenzillo v Underwriters at Lloyd's London , 78 AD3d 1540 , 1541 [4th Dept 2010]).

2017“This Court has interpreted this language as requiring both a reasonable excuse for the delay in timely moving for a default judgment, plus a demonstration that the cause of action is potentially meritorious” (Giglio v NTIMP, Inc., 86 AD3d at 308 ; see Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Kahana, 153 AD3d 1300 [2017]; Pipinias v J.