EVERHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY v. ABER (2022)

MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM:

The Appellate Division order should be affirmed, with costs.

In this foreclosure action, defendant Equity Recovery Corporation (Equity) established that the statute of limitations began to run on April 30, 2009, when plaintiff commenced the first action to foreclose the mortgage (see Albertina Realty Co. v. Rosbro Realty Corp., 258 N.Y. 472, 476, 180 N.E. 176 [1932];  Freedom Mortgage Corp. v. Engel, 37 N.Y.3d 1, 22–23, 146 N.Y.S.3d 542, 169 N.E.3d 912 [2021]).  That first action was dismissed without prejudice based on plaintiff's failure to appear for a court conference.  Plaintiff did not commence this second foreclosure action until June 24, 2015, more than six years after acceleration of the debt (see CPLR 213[4]).  We agree with the Appellate Division that plaintiff failed to raise an issue of fact in opposition to Equity's motion for, among other things, dismissal of the amended complaint as time-barred and for summary judgment on its counterclaim pursuant to RPAPL article 15 (195 A.D.3d 682, 689, 151 N.Y.S.3d 55 [2d Dept. 2021]).

Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

Acting Chief Judge Cannataro and Judges Rivera, Garcia, Wilson, Singas and Troutman concur.