ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in granting the defendants' motion for leave to serve a late answer and denying the plaintiff's cross motion (see, Lichtman v. Sears, Roebuck Co., 237 A.D.2d 373; Kranis, P.C. v. European Am. Bank, 208 A.D.2d 904).
RITTER, J.P., KRAUSMAN, FLORIO, and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.