Opinion
Argued May 10, 1999
June 28, 1999
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (D'Emilio, J.), dated December 16, 1998, which granted the motion of the defendant Alfred Barone to vacate a deficiency judgment entered against him on March 12, 1998.
Rick, Steiner, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Jack Segal of counsel), for appellant.
Neal J. Roher, Huntington, N.Y., for respondent.
LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the appellant's argument, the Supreme Court was not precluded, as a matter of law, from granting the motion of the defendant Alfred Barone to vacate an improper deficiency judgment entered against him on March 12, 1998 ( see, CPLR 5015[a][5]; Ciminelli Constr. Co. v. City of Buffalo, 110 A.D.2d 1075, 1076; Barclays Bank of N.Y. v. Strathmore Five Realty Co., 245 A.D.2d 406).
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit.