Case Name: Alexis Maisonette et al., Appellants, v. New York City Housing Authority, Respondent, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-02-02
Citations: 70 A.D.3d 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alexis Maisonette et al., Appellants, v New York City Housing Authority, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
Alexis Maisonette et al., Appellants, v New York City Housing Authority, Respondent, et al., Defendant.
[892 NYS2d 763]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered April 20, 2004, which denied plaintiffs motion to restore the action to the trial calendar, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Apart from the preclusive effect of the never-vacated prior order denying a prior motion to restore by plaintiff when neither side appeared to argue the motion (CPLR 5015), plaintiff fails to explain his utter lack of diligence in prosecuting the action or show a meritorious cause of action beyond the conclusory allegations in his notice of claim (CPLR 3404; see Muriel v St. Barnabas Hosp., 3 AD3d 419, 420 [2004]). Concur—Catterson, J.P., Acosta, DeGrasse and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.