The Second Department noted that a purchaser of real property who is aware of a pending lawsuit involving the property is bound by the outcome of that suit:
A purchaser of real property who has actual knowledge of a pending lawsuit with respect to the property is bound by the consequences of that lawsuit …, except in circumstances not relevant in this case … . DeMaio v Capozello, 2015 NY Slip Op 00719, 2nd Dept 1-28-15