Citibank, N.A. v. Herrera

Jul 7, 2009
Versions:64 A.D.3d 536
881 N.Y.S.2d 334

Citibank, N.A., Respondent, v Elvis Herrera, Appellant, et al., Defendants. [881 NYS2d 334]—In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Elvis Herrera appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nastasi, J.), dated April 2, 2008, which granted the plaintiff‘s motion, inter alia, for summary judgment on the complaint and for the appointment of a referee to compute the amount owed to it.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

On appeal, the defendant Elvis Herrera challenges only the plaintiff‘s standing to commence this action, not the merits of the plaintiff‘s motion. However, Herrera waived any challenge to the plaintiff‘s standing by raising this argument for the first time only in opposition to the plaintiff‘s summary judgment motion, and not in his answer or in a pre-answer motion to dismiss (see CPLR 3211 [a] [3]; [e]; Matter of Fossella v Dinkins, 66 NY2d 162, 167-168 [1985]; Dougherty v City of Rye, 63 NY2d 989, 991-992 [1984]; HSBC Bank, USA v Dammond, 59 AD3d 679 [2009]; Aames Funding Corp. v Houston, 57 AD3d 808 [2008]; Wells Fargo Bank Minn., N.A. v Mastropaolo, 42 AD3d 239 [2007]). Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Eng and Belen, JJ., concur.