815 N.Y.S.2d 725 | N.Y. App. Div. | 2006
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying that branch of the motion of the defendant Zoila Lucinda Avila (hereinafter the appellant) which was, in effect, to vacate her default in answering the complaint, and to set aside the foreclosure sale that followed therefrom. Since the appellant had neither a justifiable excuse for her default nor a meritorious defense to the action, her motion to vacate the default was properly denied (see Bank of New York v Lagakos, 27 AD3d 678 [2006]).
Notice of the adjourned foreclosure sale date was properly published (see RPAPL 231 [3]; Frank Buttermark Plumbing & Heating Corp. v Sagarese, 119 AD2d 540 [1986]; Guardian Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. v Horse-Hawk Holding Corp., 72 AD2d 737 [1979]), and any alleged deficiency in notice to the appellant’s attorney is immaterial in any event since the appellant appeared at the sale (see Arch Assets v AL & LP Realty Co., 227 AD2d 295 [1996]) and has failed to demonstrate any prejudice to a substantial right as a result of the alleged deficiency in notice (see Amresco New England II v Denino, 283 AD2d 599, 599-600 [2001]; Long Is. Sav. Bank of Centereach v Jean Valiquette, M.D., P.C., 183 AD2d 877 [1992]).