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THE REFEREE REPORT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION RELIED ON HEARSAY AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the calculations made by the referee were based on hearsay and therefore the referee’s report in this foreclosure action should not have been confirmed:

The calculations of the referee were based upon the affidavit of Veronika Steen, Assistant Vice President of the plaintiff’s successor-by-merger. Steen averred that she had personal knowledge of the matter through her review of the relevant documents, and that she had “[a]nnexed . . . a breakdown of the amounts due.” However, the documents produced include the agreements between the parties, not the payment history. Thus the computation was improperly premised upon unproduced business records … . Accordingly, the plaintiff’s motion to confirm the referee’s report and for a judgment of foreclosure and sale should have been denied. We therefore remit the matter to the Supreme Court … for a new report computing the amount due to the plaintiff in accordance herewith. Hudson City Sav. Bank v DePasquale, 2020 NY Slip Op 08047, Second Dept 12-30-12

 

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