URS Corporation-New York v. Expert Electric, Inc.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Wooten, J.), entered February 8, 2017, awarding petitioner attorneys’ fees, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the judgment vacated.

The court properly declined to vacate respondent’s default, upon which petitioner’s motion to cancel the public improvement lien filed by respondent was granted, because respondent failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense (see Lopez-Reyes v Heriveaux, 144 AD3d 486 [1st Dept 2016]).

The court erred in awarding petitioner attorneys’ fees since, as petitioner…