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AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME FOR APPEAL, DEFENDANT, PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, PURSUANT TO CPLR 2221, MOVED TO VACATE THE JUDGMENT BASED ON THE FORECLOSURE ABUSE PREVENTION ACT (FAPA); THE MOTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DENIED AS UNTIMELY; MATTER REMITTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that defendant in this foreclosure action used the proper procedure for attempting to apply the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) retroactively. The foreclosure action had already proceeded to judgment and the time for appeal had expired. The only way to effectuate the FAPA at that point is a motion to renew (CPLR 2221) made before the sale of the property. Defendant’s CPLR 2221 motion should not have been denied as untimely:

The court granted plaintiff a judgment of foreclosure and sale … . Defendant moved pursuant to CPLR 2221 to vacate the judgment based on FAPA.

The court should not have determined that the motion was untimely. Generally, a CPLR 2221 motion based upon a change in the law must be made prior to the entry of a final judgment or before the time to appeal has fully expired … . However, following the Court of Appeals’ decision in Article 13 LLC v Ponce De Leon Fed. Bank ( —NY3d—, 2025 NY Slip Op 06536 [2025]), this Court held that “the only way to effectuate the retroactive application of FAPA after a judgment has been entered and the time to appeal has expired, is by filing a motion to renew before the sale is conducted” … . Defendant followed this precise process.

Accordingly, this matter is remanded for further proceedings, including consideration of the parties’ arguments concerning whether retroactive application of FAPA would violate the Takings and Due Process Clauses … . Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Adam P10tch, LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op 02596, First Dept 4-28-26

Practice Point: After the judgment of foreclosure and the expiration of the time for appeal, but before the sale of the property, a defendant can still make a motion to vacate the judgment based on the FAPA (CPLR 2221).

 

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