Ordered that the appeal of the defendant DK Transit Inc. is dismissed, as that defendant is not aggrieved by those portions of the order appealed from ( see CPLR 5511); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as reviewed; and it is further,
Ordered that the plaintiff is awarded one bill of costs. The fact that a defendant has disappeared or made himself unavailable provides no basis for denying a motion to strike his answer ( see, Rowe v. Lee Gee Sook, 224 A.D.2d 404; Spataro v Ervin, 186 A.D.2d 793).
The remaining contentions of the appellant Sher K. Aslam are without merit.
Miller, J.P., Thompson, Joy and Luciano, JJ., concur.