JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Kocak

2024 NY Slip Op 33190(U)
CourtNew York Supreme Court, New York County
DecidedSeptember 9, 2024
DocketIndex No. 850209/2022
StatusUnpublished

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Kocak, 2024 NY Slip Op 33190(U) (N.Y. Super. Ct. 2024).

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v Kocak 2024 NY Slip Op 33190(U) September 9, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 850209/2022 Judge: Francis A. Kahn III Cases posted with a "30000" identifier, i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U), are republished from various New York State and local government sources, including the New York State Unified Court System's eCourts Service. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. [FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 09/10/2024 03 :46 PM] INDEX NO. 850 2 09/2022 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 75 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/10/2024

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK COUNTY PRESENT: HON. FRANCIS A. KAHN, Ill PART 32 Justice ----------------------------------------------X INDEX NO. 850209/2022 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MOTION DATE Plaintiff, MOTION SEQ. NO. 001 - V -

NACIYE KOCAK, THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF 432 PARK CONDOMINIUM, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE SAID NAMES BEING FICTITIOUS, IT BEING THE INTENTION DECISION + ORDER ON OF PLAINTIFF TO DESIGNATE ANY AND ALL OCCUPANTS OF PREMISES BEING FORECLOSED MOTION HEREIN

Defendant. ------------------------------------------------------------------X

The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 001) 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,44,45,46,47,48,49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69 were read on this motion to/for JUDGMENT-SUMMARY

Upon the foregoing documents, the motion is determined as follows:

In this action Plaintiff seeks to foreclose on a mortgage encumbering residential real property located at 432 Park Avenue, Unit 81A, New York, New York. The mortgage, dated September 14, 2016, was given by Defendant Naciye Kocak ("Kocak") to Plaintiff JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA. The mortgage secures a loan with an original principal amount of $11,412,500.00 and is evidenced by a note the same date as the mortgage. Plaintiff commenced this action alleging inter alia that Defendant Kocak defaulted in repayment of the loan on or about November 1, 2021. Kocak answered and pled sixteen affirmative defenses, including lack of standing, failure to comply with RP APL §§ 1304 and 1306 as well as failure to serve a contractual pre-foreclosure notice. Now, Plaintiff moves for summary judgment against Kocak, to strike the answer and affirmative defenses, a default judgment against the non-appearing Defendants, an order of reference and to amend the caption. Kocak opposes the motion.

In moving for summary judgment, Plaintiff was required to establish prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law though proof of the mortgage, the note, and evidence of Defendants' default in repayment (see US Bank, NA. v James, 180 AD3d 594 [1 st Dept 2020]; Bank ofNYv Knowles, 151 AD3d 596 [1 st Dept 2017]; Fortress Credit Corp. v Hudson Yards, LLC, 78 AD3d 577 [1 st Dept 201 0]). Also, based on the affirmative defenses pied, Plaintiff was required to demonstrate, primafacie, its standing (see eg Wells Fargo Bank, NA. v Tricario, 180 AD3d 848 [2 nd Dept 2020]), its strict compliance with RPAPL §§1304 and 1306 (see US Bank, NA v Nathan, 173 AD3d 1112 [2d Dept 2019]; HSBC Bank USA, NA. v Bermudez, 175 AD3d 667,669 [2d Dept 2019]) as well as its substantial compliance with the requisites under paragraph 22 of the mortgage (see eg Wells Fargo Bank, NA. v McKenzie, 186 AD3d 1582, 1584 [2d Dept 2020]).

850209/2022 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs. KOCAK, NACIYE ET AL Page 1 of 7 Motion No. 001

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Proof supporting a prima facie case on a motion for summary judgment must be in admissible form (see CPLR §3212[b]; Tri-State Loan Acquisitions III, LLC v Litkowski, 172 AD3d 780 [1 st Dept 2019]). A plaintiff may rely on evidence from persons with personal knowledge of the facts, documents in admissible form and/or persons with knowledge derived from produced admissible records (see eg U.S. Bank NA. v Moulton, 179 AD3d 734, 738 [2d Dept 2020]). No particular set of business records must be proffered, as long as the admissibility requirements of CPLR 4518[a] are fulfilled and the records evince the facts for which they are relied upon (see eg Citigroup v Kopelowitz, 14 7 AD3d 1014, 1015 [2d Dept 2017]).

Plaintiffs motion was supported by an affidavit from Gary Brunton ("Brunton"), a Vice President-Document Execution for Plaintiff. Clemens avers that Plaintiff is the servicer of the loan, that his submission was based upon a review of Plaintiffs records and knowledge of its record keeping practices. Brunton' s affidavit laid a proper foundation for the admission of the records of Plaintiff into evidence under CPLR §4518 by sufficiently showing that the records Plaintiff relied upon "reflect[ed] a routine, regularly conducted business activity, and that it be needed and relied on in the performance of functions of the business'', "that the record [was] made pursuant to established procedures for the routine, habitual, systematic making of such a record" and "that the record [was] made at or about the time of the event being recorded" (Bank of NY Mellon v Gordon, 171 AD3d 197, 204 [2d Dept 2019]; see also Bank ofAm v Brannon, 156 AD3d 1 [1st Dept 2017]). Further, annexed to the motion were all the records referenced by Brunton (cf Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v Kirschenbaum, 187 AD3d 569 [1 st Dept 2020]).

As to the note and mortgage, these documents were referenced by Brunton and annexed to his affidavit (cf 938 St. Nicholas Ave. Lender LLC v 936-938 Cl(!Jcrest Hous. Dev. Fund Corp., 218 AD3d 417 [l51 Dept 2023]). As such, proof of the loan documents was established in the first instance. As to Defendants' default, it "is established by (1) an admission made in response to a notice to admit, (2) an affidavit from a person having personal knowledge of the facts, or (3) other evidence in admissible form" (Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v McGann, 183 AD3d 700, 702 [2d Dept 2020]). Brunton's review of the attached records evidenced mortgagor's default in repayment under the note (see eg ING Real Estate Fin. (USA) LLC v Park Ave. Hotel Acquisition, LLC, 89 AD3d 506 [1 st Dept 2011]; see also Bank of NY v Knowles, supra; Fortress Credit Corp. v Hudson Yards, LLC, supra).

As to standing in a foreclosure action, it is established in one of three ways: [l] direct privity between mortgagor and mortgagee, [2] physical possession of the note prior to commencement of the action that contains an indorsement in blank or bears a special indorsement payable to the order of the plaintiff either on its face or by allonge, and [3] assignment of the note to Plaintiff prior to commencement of the action (see eg Wells Fargo Bank, NA. v Tricario, 180 AD3d 848 [2d Dept 2020]; Wells Fargo Bank, NA v Ostiguy, 127 AD3d 1375 [3d Dept 2015]). Here, since Plaintiff was lender when the note and mortgage were given, it was in direct privity with the mortgagor when the action was commenced and, therefore, unquestionably had standing (see generally Wilmington Sav. Fund Socy., FSB v Matamoro, 200 AD3d 79, 90-91 [2d Dept 2021]).

Plaintiff was also required to proffer "sufficient evidence demonstrating the absence of material issues as to its strict compliance with RPAPL 1304" (Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v Weisblum, 85 AD3d 95, 106 [2d Dept 2011]). As to the contractual pre-foreclosure notice, paragraph 22 of the mortgage, a ubiquitous provision in residential mortgages, provides that prior to acceleration of the note, the lender must send a notice containing the information specified in paragraph 22 [b] [ 1] - [6] in the manner described in paragraph 15 of the mortgage. That section provides that all notices must be in writing and 850209/2022 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs.

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