THE 2011 ACCELERATION OF THE DEBT WAS REVOKED BY THE 2017 REVOCATION OF THE ACCELERATION RENDERING THE 2018 FORECLOSURE ACTION TIMELY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the 2018 foreclosure action was timely because the 2011 acceleration of the debt was revoked in 2017:

… [A]lthough the defendants demonstrated … the six-year statute of limitations began to run in July 2011, when the plaintiff accelerated the mortgage debt through its commencement of the 2011 action … , the plaintiff established that the April 2017 de-acceleration notice sent to the defendants revoked the acceleration of the mortgage debt. Since the March 2018 action was commenced within six years of the revocation of the mortage acceleration, the March 2018 action was not time barred … . Accordingly, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint … should have been denied. U.S. Bank N.A. v Papanikolaw, 2021 NY Slip Op 04777, Second Dept 8-25-21