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THE AFFIANT DID NOT SUBMIT THE BUSINESS RECORDS DEMONSTRATING THE NOTE WAS PHYSICALLY DELIVERED TO THE PLAINTIFF BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE ACTION WAS COMMENCED AND DID NOT DEMONSTRATE SHE HAD PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT PLAINTIFF POSSESSED THE NOTE AT THE TIME THE ACTION WAS COMMENCED; THEREFORE PLAINTIFF DID NOT DEMONSTRATE STANDING TO FORECLOSE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the documentary evidence submitted by plaintiff mortgage company to demonstrate it had standing to foreclose was insufficient:

“A plaintiff establishes its standing in a mortgage foreclosure action by demonstrating that, when the action was commenced, it was either the holder or assignee of the underlying note” … . “The plaintiff meets this burden with proof of either a written assignment of the underlying note or the physical delivery of the note endorsed in blank or specially to it prior to the commencement of the foreclosure action” … .

Here, an affidavit of Teresa Swayze, an assistant vice president of the plaintiff’s servicing agent, submitted in support of the plaintiff’s motion for leave to renew, was insufficient to establish that the plaintiff possessed the note at the time this action was commenced. Swayze averred that the note was physically delivered to the plaintiff prior to the commencement of this action and attached to her affidavit a copy of the note with an allonge endorsed in blank. However, Swayze failed to submit the business record on which she relied for her assertion that the note was physically delivered to the plaintiff prior to the commencement of this action … . Moreover, Swayze’s affidavit did not demonstrate that she had personal knowledge of whether the plaintiff possessed the note at the time of the commencement of this action … . Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn. v Ayoola, 2026 NY Slip Op 01772, Second Dept 3-25-26

 

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