Ocasio v. City of New York

— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Hansel McGee, J.), entered January 30, 1992, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion to vacate her default and to vacate a January 15, 1988 order dismissing the action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

CPLR 5015 (a) (1) provides that a court may relieve a party from a judgment or order upon the ground of excusable default. To demonstrate an excusable default, the party seeking to vacate the default judgment must demonstrate both a valid excuse for the default and a meritorious claim in the underlying action (see, Tandy Computer Leasing v Video X…