THE RPAPL 1304 NOTICE WAS DEFECTIVE ON ITS FACE; PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).
The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff did not demonstrate compliance with RPAPL 1304 in this foreclosure action:
… [T]he plaintiff failed to establish, prima facie, its strict compliance with RPAPL 1304. In support of its motion, the plaintiff submitted copies of both its RPAPL 1304 notice and the 30-day notice of default required by the mortgage agreement. Both notices were dated April 15, 2013; however, these notices contained a factual discrepancy regarding the cure date, to wit, the cure date stated in the RPAPL 1304 90-day notice was May 15, 2013, whereas the cure date stated in the 30-day notice was May 20, 2013. Given the factual inaccuracy contained in at least one of the notices, and because the potential inaccuracy in the 90-day notice involved information that was required under RPAPL 1304, the plaintiff’s submissions did not eliminate the existence of a triable issue of fact as to whether the RPAPL 1304 notice was defective on its face … . Sparta GP Holding Reo Corp. v Lynch, 2020 NY Slip Op 04803, Second Dept 8-26-20