Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly concluded that the defendants failed to comply with the stipulation dated September 27, 1996, thereby warranting the agreed-upon sanction of striking their answer (see, CPLR 3126; Smith v. City of New York, 239 A.D.2d 337; Pan World Constr. Corp. v. 791 Park Ave. Corp., 185 A.D.2d 105, 107; Will v. County of Nassau, 90 A.D.2d 795).
Mangano, P.J., Miller, Pizzuto and Krausman, JJ., concur.