The motion to vacate the default should have been granted because defendants demonstrated not only a reasonable excuse, as the IAS court found, but also a meritorious claim. "We have repeatedly held that a note of issue should be vacated when it is based upon a certificate of readiness that contains erroneous facts," including an incorrect statement that all physical examinations and other discovery have been completed or waived (Cromer v Yellen,
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