Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP, New York (Arjay G. Yao of counsel), for appellants. Evans and Al–Shabazz, LLP, New York (Robert Anthony Evans, Jr. of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Stanley Green, J.), entered April 23, 2013, which denied defendants' motion to change venue from Bronx County to New York County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendants' motion to change venue as untimely. The record shows that defendants had the facts necessary to seek a change of venue several years in advance of the time their motion was made and that they did not provide a reasonable explanation for their delay in seeking the venue change ( see e.g. Romero v. St. Anthony Community Hosp., 96 A.D.3d 532, 946 N.Y.S.2d 467 [1st Dept.2012];Mena v. Four Wheels Co., 272 A.D.2d 223, 708 N.Y.S.2d 74 [1st Dept.2000] ).
MAZZARELLI, J.P., ACOSTA, RENWICK, FREEDMAN, MANZANET–DANIELS, JJ., concur.