
    Citibank, N. A., Appellant, v Carl Pagliorola, Respondent.
    [690 NYS2d 447]
   —Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered February 24, 1999, which denied plaintiff creditor’s motion for a default judgment against defendant guarantor, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant set forth an excuse and a defense that are sufficiently compelling given the short delay involved herein that caused no prejudice (see, Amanfo v Olivo, 224 AD2d 239). Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Williams, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.  