Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Bontrager Realty, Inc.

—Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and motion denied. Memorandum: Supreme Court improvidently exercised its *1003discretion in granting the motion of Bontrager Realty, Inc. (Bontrager) to vacate the initial deadline established by the court and to extend the time limitation to file a claim for compensation pursuant to EDPL 503 (B). Bontrager failed to demonstrate either a reasonable excuse for its failure to comply with that filing deadline or that it had a meritorious claim (see, Grandinetti v Metropolitan Transp. Auth., 74 NY2d 785; Metropolitan Transp. Auth. v Pizzuti, 156…