Tribeca Lending Corp. v. Bartlett

*497Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward H. Lehner, J.), entered August 18, 2009, which, upon reargument, adhered to the original determination denying defendant’s motion to vacate a judgment of foreclosure and sale, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant demonstrated neither a reasonable excuse for his default nor a meritorious defense to this action (see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]). His excuse that the attorney he hired did not represent his interests does not address his own numerous failures preceding his alleged hiring of the attorney. Indeed, defendant’s personal check made payable…