Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 20, 2011 (Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland, Inc. v. Needleman)

To prevail on a motion to vacate a default, a party is required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for its default and a potentially meritorious defense (see Hospital for Joint Diseases v Dollar Rent A Car, 25 AD3d 534 [2006]; Fekete v Camp Skwere, 16 AD3d 544, 545 [2005]; Amato v Fast Repair, Inc., 15 AD3d 429, 430 [2005]; Czarnik v Urban, 10 AD3d 627 [2004]).