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REFEREE’S FINDINGS WERE BASED UPON HEARSAY PROVIDED BY THE BANK IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION; THE REFEREE’S REPORT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the referee’s report in this foreclosure action should not have been confirmed. The report was based upon hearsay provided by the bank and therefore the referee’s findings were not supported by the record:

The Supreme Court should have denied the plaintiff’s motion, in effect, to confirm the referee’s report and for leave to enter a judgment of foreclosure and sale. In support of its motion, the plaintiff relied upon the affidavit of a representative of its loan servicer, who attested, based upon his review of the servicer’s books and records, to the amount due under the mortgage loan. However, the plaintiff’s affiant failed to annex or otherwise produce the subject business records. Under the circumstances, the affidavit relied upon by the plaintiff constituted inadmissible hearsay and lacked probative value, and the referee’s findings with respect to the total amount due upon the mortgage were not substantially supported by the record … . Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Fontana, 2020 NY Slip Op 04375, Second Dept 8-5-20

 

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