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FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE BUSINESS RECORDS NECESSARY TO DEMONSTRATE DEFENDANTS’ DEFAULT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION REQUIRED DENIAL OF THE BANK’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the bank’s failure to submit the business records necessary to establish the defendants’ default in this foreclosure action precluded summary judgment in favor of the bank:

In support of the motion, the plaintiff submitted an affidavit from Helen Fraser, a vice president of document control of CitiMorgage, Inc. (hereinafter CitiMortgage), the plaintiff’s loan servicer. Fraser stated that she was familiar with the records and record-keeping practices of both CitiMortgage and the plaintiff. Fraser stated that the defendants “have defaulted under the terms and conditions of the above stated Note by failing to make the July 12, 2016 payment and all successive payments thereafter.” She did not attach any business records to her affidavit. * * *

… [I]t is the business record itself, not the foundational affidavit, that serves as proof of the matter asserted” … . Here, Fraser’s assertion in her affidavit regarding the defendants’ default, without attaching the business records upon which she relied in making that assertion, constituted inadmissible hearsay … . Citibank, N.A. v Potente, 2022 NY Slip Op 06464, Second Dept 11-16-22

Similar issues and result in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Pane, 2022 NY Slip Op 06516, Second Dept 11-16-22

Practice Point: Yet again: An affidavit which is not supported by the attachment of the business records referenced in the affidavit is considered hearsay which cannot be the basis for summary judgment in favor of the bank in a foreclosure action.

 

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