Law Office of Mark H. Goldey, New York (Mark H. Goldey of counsel), for appellant.

Greenberg Freeman LLP, New York (Sanford H. Greenberg of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David B. Cohen, J.), entered on or about November 23, 2020, which denied defendant Rafiq Kalam Id-Din's motion to vacate a default judgment as against him, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.

Kalam Id-Din argues correctly that the default judgment should be vacated as against him because plaintiff failed to show that he complied with CPLR 3215 (g) (3) (i). Plaintiff mailed the summons to Kalam Id-Din's places of business, not his place of residence, and he failed to state that Kalam Id-Din's place of residence was unknown. Contrary to plaintiff's contention, since CPLR 3215 (g) (3) is meant to protect defendants, the burden should be on plaintiff to show that he did not know Kalam Id-Din's place of residence, not on Kalam Id-Din to prove that plaintiff knew this information. Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Mazzarelli, Moulton, Pitt, JJ.