Citimortgage Inc. v. Rosenthal

Decision Date11 October 2011
Citation88 A.D.3d 759,931 N.Y.S.2d 638,2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 07198
PartiesCITIMORTGAGE, INC., respondent,v.Leah ROSENTHAL, appellant, et al., defendants.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

88 A.D.3d 759
931 N.Y.S.2d 638
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 07198

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., respondent,
v.
Leah ROSENTHAL, appellant, et al., defendants.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Oct. 11, 2011.


[931 N.Y.S.2d 638]

Jeremy Rosenberg, New York, N.Y., for appellant.Steven J. Baum, P.C., Amherst, N.Y. (Casey E. Callanan of counsel), for respondent.MARK C. DILLON, J.P., RANDALL T. ENG, SANDRA L. SGROI, and ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.

[88 A.D.3d 760] In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Leah Rosenthal appeals from an amended order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Jamieson, J.), entered August 12, 2010, which, inter alia, denied her motion, among other things, to vacate a judgment of foreclosure and sale dated July 1, 2009.

ORDERED that the amended order is affirmed, with costs.

In 1988 the defendant Leah Rosenthal (hereinafter the defendant) executed a note to borrow the sum of $150,000 from Gelt Funding, Inc. (hereinafter Gelt Funding). The note was secured by a mortgage on the defendant's property located in Monsey, New York. Gelt Funding thereafter

[931 N.Y.S.2d 639]

assigned the mortgage and note to First Nationwide Bank. In 1994 First Nationwide Bank assigned the mortgage and note to First Nationwide Corporation. On April 3, 2008, First Nationwide Corporation assigned the mortgage and note to the plaintiff, CitiMortgage, Inc. (hereinafter CitiMortgage).

On July 23, 2008, CitiMortgage commenced this foreclosure action, alleging that it was the holder of the mortgage and note, and that the defendant had defaulted upon her payment obligation as of March 1, 2008. In August 2008 the defendant interposed a verified answer, wherein she alleged that the complaint “failed to state a basis for a claim upon which relief can be granted.” In April 2009 the Supreme Court granted CitiMortgage's motion for summary judgment and to appoint a referee to compute the sums due and owing under the note and mortgage. On July 1, 2009, the Supreme Court signed a judgment of foreclosure and sale. In or around May 2010, CitiMortgage assigned the mortgage and note to PennyMac Loan Services LLC (hereinafter PennyMac). The public sale of the mortgaged premises was scheduled to take place on July 21, 2010, but was stayed by the Supreme Court when it signed the defendant's order to show cause seeking, inter alia, to vacate the judgment of foreclosure and sale. The defendant appeals from the order denying her motion, and we affirm.

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