Vlahos v. 422 East 14th Street Associates

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Doris Ling-Cohan, J.), entered October 17, 2008, which struck defendant’s answer and awarded judgment in favor of plaintiff, and order, same court and Justice, entered October 22, 2008, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*403The court providently exercised its discretion in finding defendant’s noncompliance with multiple discovery orders willful and contumacious, warranting the striking of its pleadings (see e.g. Brewster v FTM Servo, Corp., 44 AD3d 351 [2007]). Defendant’s proffered reason for staying…