Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The action was dismissed when the plaintiffs failed to appear at a duly scheduled status conference. To vacate the dismissal and to restore the action to the pre-note of issue calendar, the plaintiffs were required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default in appearing at the conference and a meritorious cause of action ( see CPLR 5015 [a] [1]; 330 Wythe Ave. Assoc., LLC v ABR Constr., Inc., 55 AD3d 599; Jones v New York City Hous. Auth., 13 AD3d 489; Kandel v Hoffman, 309 AD2d 904; Precision Envelope Co. v Marcus Co., 306 AD2d 263). The plaintiffs failed to demonstrate, by competent proof, the existence of a meritorious cause of action ( see Brownfteld v Ferris, 49 AD3d 790, 791; Smith v City of New York, 237 AD2d 344, 345).