Opinion
2017–00117 Index No. 67867/13
06-19-2019
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, Respondent, v. Marjorie AVELLA, etc., Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Clair & Gjertsen, White Plains, N.Y. (Lancelot E. Colquitt of counsel), for appellant. Akerman LLP, New York, N.Y. (Jordan M. Smith and Kathleen R. Fitzpatrick of counsel), for respondent.
Clair & Gjertsen, White Plains, N.Y. (Lancelot E. Colquitt of counsel), for appellant.
Akerman LLP, New York, N.Y. (Jordan M. Smith and Kathleen R. Fitzpatrick of counsel), for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JEFFREY A. COHEN, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDERORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose a mortgage given by the defendant Marjorie Avella (hereinafter the defendant), among others, as security for a note. After the defendant failed to timely answer the complaint, the plaintiff moved for leave to enter a default judgment and an order of reference. The Supreme Court granted the motion, and the defendant appeals.
Because the defendant failed to timely answer the complaint and offered no excuse for her default, we do not need to consider whether she demonstrated a potentially meritorious defense, including the plaintiff's purported failure to comply with the notice requirements of RPAPL 1304 (see Bank of Am., N.A. v. Agarwal, 150 A.D.3d 651, 652, 57 N.Y.S.3d 153 ; HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Clayton, 146 A.D.3d 942, 944, 45 N.Y.S.3d 543 ). Accordingly, we agree with the Supreme Court's grant of the plaintiff's motion for leave to enter a default judgment and an order of reference.
RIVERA, J.P., AUSTIN, COHEN and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.