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OKAY FOR BANK TO SUBMIT RENEWED POWER OF ATTORNEY IN REPLY PAPERS, POWER OF ATTORNEY SUBMITTED WITH MOTION PAPERS HAD APPARENTLY EXPIRED AND DEFENDANTS RAISED THE ISSUE IN ANSWERING PAPERS (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined Supreme Court properly considered the submission of a renewed power of attorney in reply papers in this foreclosure proceeding. Apparently the power of attorney submitted with the bank’s motion papers had expired:

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Contrary to the appellants’ contention, the Supreme Court properly considered a renewed power of attorney submitted by the plaintiff in reply to the appellants’ opposition to its motion. “The function of reply papers is to address arguments made in opposition to the position taken by the movant”… . Here, the renewed power of attorney submitted by the plaintiff was offered in response to the appellants’ argument made in opposition that the plaintiff’s affidavit of merit, signed by the assistant vice president of its servicing agent, was invalid because it was signed after the original power of attorney submitted by the plaintiff had expired. The renewed power of attorney merely clarified that the plaintiff’s servicing agent continued to have the authority to act on behalf of the plaintiff at the time the affidavit was signed … . Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Hoshmand, 2018 NY Slip Op 00818, Second Dept 2-7-18

CIVIL PROCEDURE (REPLY PAPERS, OKAY FOR BANK TO SUBMIT RENEWED POWER OF ATTORNEY IN REPLY PAPERS, POWER OF ATTORNEY SUBMITTED WITH MOTION PAPERS HAD APPARENTLY EXPIRED AND DEFENDANTS RAISED THE ISSUE IN ANSWERING PAPERS (SECOND DEPT))/REPLY PAPERS (CIVIL PROCEDURE, OKAY FOR BANK TO SUBMIT RENEWED POWER OF ATTORNEY IN REPLY PAPERS, POWER OF ATTORNEY SUBMITTED WITH MOTION PAPERS HAD APPARENTLY EXPIRED AND DEFENDANTS RAISED THE ISSUE IN ANSWERING PAPERS (SECOND DEPT))/FORECLOSURE (CIVIL PROCEDURE, REPLY PAPERS, OKAY FOR BANK TO SUBMIT RENEWED POWER OF ATTORNEY IN REPLY PAPERS, POWER OF ATTORNEY SUBMITTED WITH MOTION PAPERS HAD APPARENTLY EXPIRED AND DEFENDANTS RAISED THE ISSUE IN ANSWERING PAPERS (SECOND DEPT))

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