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THE AFFIDAVITS SUBMITTED BY PLAINTIFF BANK IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE DEFENDANTS’ DEFAULT AND PLAINTIFF’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTICE-OF-DEFAULT PROVISIONS OF RPAPL 1304 (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff-bank in this foreclosure action did not present sufficient proof of defendants’ default and plaintiff’s compliance with the notice-of-default requirements of RPAPL 1304:

… [T]he plaintiff failed to establish, prima facie, the defendants’ default in payment by submitting the affidavit of Brian Nwabaka, an employee of its loan servicer, Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC (hereinafter Bayview). Nwabaka averred that, based upon his review of unspecified business records, the defendants defaulted in making monthly payments in October 2008. However, Nwabaka did not aver that he had personal knowledge of the defendants’ alleged default in payment. Moreover, Nwabaka failed to identify which records he relied on to assert a default in payment, and the notice of default annexed to Nwabaka’s affidavit was insufficient to establish the alleged default in payment … .

… [T]he plaintiff submitted, inter alia, the affidavits of Nwabaka and Rosalind Carroll, document coordinator for Bayview, each of whom averred that the 90-day notices were sent by certified and first-class mail. However, neither Nwabaka nor Carroll attached any documents showing proof of mailing by first-class mail, nor did they aver that they had personal knowledge of the purported mailings or were familiar with the mailing practices and procedures of Bayview … . Although Nwabaka attested to his familiarity with the mailing practices and procedures of Countrywide Home Loan, the prior loan servicer, he did not aver to familiarity with the mailing practices and procedures of Bayview, which purportedly sent the 90-day notices. Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Mannino, 2022 NY Slip Op 05675, Second Dept 10-12-22

Practice Point: Yet again the affidavits offered by plaintiff-bank in a foreclosure action were not sufficient to demonstrate defendants’ default or plaintiff’s compliance with the notice-of-default requirements of RPAPL 1304.

 

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