Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff disregarded the defendants' demand for disclosure and an order of the court directing that disclosure. While there is no requirement that an affidavit of merit be provided by the plaintiff, the failure of the plaintiff to have done so together with his actions herein were properly considered by Justice O'Shaughnessy (see, Wolfson v Nassau County Med. Center, 141 A.D.2d 815). It appears that the plaintiff has acted in a deliberate and contumacious manner justifying dismissal of the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3126. Mangano, J.P., Lawrence, Kunzeman and Kooper, JJ., concur.