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A STIPULATION OF DISCONTINUANCE OF THE 2008 FORECLOSURE ACTION DID NOT MENTION DE-ACCELERATION OF THE DEBT OR THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUTURE INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS; THEREFORE THE DEBT WAS NOT DE-ACCELERATED AND THE SUBSEQUENT FORECLOSURE ACTION WAS TIME-BARRED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that a stipulation of a discontinuance of the 2008 foreclosure action did not de-accelerate the debt. The foreclosure action was therefore time-barred:

An action to foreclose a mortgage is subject to a six-year statute of limitations (see CPLR 213[4]). With respect to a mortgage payable in installments, separate causes of action accrue for each installment that is not paid and the statute of limitations begins to run on the date each installment becomes due … . Once a mortgage debt is accelerated, however, the statute of limitations begins to run on the entire debt … . “A lender may revoke its election to accelerate the mortgage, but it must do so by an affirmative act of revocation occurring during the six-year statute of limitations period subsequent to the initiation of the prior foreclosure action” … . * * *

Contrary to the plaintiff’s contention, Bank of New York’s execution of the stipulation of discontinuance of the 2008 action did not, by itself, constitute an affirmative act revoking acceleration … . Notably, the stipulation was silent on the issue of acceleration and did not otherwise indicate that the plaintiff would accept installment payments … . Moreover, a notice of de-acceleration must be “clear and unambiguous to be valid and enforceable” … . Here, the notices of intent and 90-day notices which were sent prior to commencement of this action were completely silent as to de-acceleration. Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Yacoob, 2020 NY Slip Op 02451, Second Dept 4-29-20

 

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