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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`OF ORANGE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`SPECIALIZED
`
`LOAN
`
`SERVICING
`
`LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`
`No.
`
`EF000749-2024
`
`v.
`
`PRO SE ANSWER
`VERIFIED
`TOFORECLOSURE
`COMPLAINT
`]/L AND COUNTERCLAIMS
`check
`[Defendant:
`box
`this
`item in the
`checked
`any
`"counterclaim"
`section
`
`below]
`
`if you
`
`AMANDA
`NEW YORK
`MILLER,
`DEPARTMENT
`OF TAXATION
`John Doe
`#1 through
`and
`#6,
`last
`twelve
`names
`the
`intention
`of Plaintiff
`persons
`an interest
`foreclosed
`
`#6,
`the
`
`occupants,
`having
`premises
`
`tenants,
`or claiming
`being
`
`herein,
`
`STATE
`AND FINANCE,
`Jane Doe
`#1 through
`it being
`all
`and
`if any,
`the
`
`any
`corporations,
`in or
`lien
`
`upon
`
`fictitious,
`being
`to designate
`or
`
`Defendant(s).
`
`Defendant
`
`Amanda
`
`Miller,
`
`Pro
`
`Se,
`
`answers
`
`the
`
`complaint
`
`in this
`
`proceeding
`
`as follows:
`
`I generally
`
`deny
`
`each
`
`allegation
`
`of
`
`the Complaint,
`
`including
`
`any
`
`allegation
`
`that
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is the
`
`note
`
`owner
`
`of
`
`the
`
`and mortgage.
`
`I plead
`
`the
`
`foHowing
`
`Defenses
`
`and
`
`Counterclaims:
`
`DEFENSES
`
`
`
`Lack
`
`of Standing:
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`was
`
`not
`
`the
`
`legal
`
`owner
`
`of
`
`the
`
`note
`
`and/or
`
`mortgage,
`
`and
`
`did
`
`not
`
`otherwise
`
`have
`
`the
`
`right
`
`to enforce
`
`the mortgage,
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time
`
`it
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`foreclosure
`
`lawsuit
`
`and
`
`therefore
`
`lacks
`
`standing.
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`Foreclosure
`
`Cause
`
`of Action:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has
`
`not
`
`pleaded
`
`that
`
`it owns
`
`the
`
`note
`
`and mortgage,
`
`which
`
`is an element
`
`of
`
`a foreclosure
`
`cause
`
`of
`
`action,
`
`and
`
`it
`
`therefore
`
`has
`
`failed
`
`to plead
`
`a
`
`foreclosure
`
`cause
`
`of
`
`action.
`
`1|l.
`
`Statute
`
`of Limitations
`
`(NY
`
`Civil
`
`Practice
`
`Law and Rules
`
`§ 213(4)):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`may
`
`not
`
`sue on
`
`all
`
`or part
`
`of
`
`the mortgage
`
`debt
`
`because
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`action
`
`more
`
`than
`
`six
`
`years
`
`after
`
`the
`
`debt
`
`became
`
`due,
`
`which
`
`defense
`
`also
`
`supports
`
`the
`
`separately
`
`Property
`
`pleaded
`
`counterclaim
`
`to cancel
`
`and
`
`discharge
`
`the mortgage
`
`under
`
`NY Real
`
`Actions
`
`and
`
`Proceedings
`
`Law § 1501(4).
`
`o
`
`Service
`
`of Process
`
`(NY
`
`Civil
`
`Practice
`
`Law and Rules
`
`§ 308):
`
`I was
`
`not
`
`served
`
`with
`
`process
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`for
`
`the
`
`following
`
`reason(s):
`
`properly
`
`o
`
`Prior
`
`Pending
`
`Action
`
`(NY
`
`Real
`
`Property
`
`Actions
`
`and
`
`Proceedings
`
`Law § 1301):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`impermissibly
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`action
`
`because
`
`there
`
`is a prior
`
`pending
`
`action
`
`to recover
`
`all
`
`or
`
`part
`
`of
`
`the mortgage
`
`debt.
`
`OL No Default/Payment
`
`or Partial
`
`Payment:
`
`I have
`
`paid,
`
`in whole
`
`or
`
`in part,
`
`the
`
`amounts
`
`claimed
`
`by Plaintiff,
`
`or
`
`the
`
`amounts
`
`claimed
`
`by Plaintiff
`
`are not
`
`due,
`
`or
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`is otherwise
`
`not
`
`in default.
`
`Reverse
`
`Mortgages
`
`o
`
`Reverse
`
`Mortgage-Notice
`
`Requirements:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`the
`
`notice
`
`requirements
`
`under
`
`New York
`
`and/or
`
`federal
`
`law
`
`or
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`contractual
`
`requirements
`
`of
`
`the
`
`reverse
`
`mortgage,
`
`which
`
`are
`
`conditions
`
`precedent
`
`to this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action.
`
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`o
`
`Reverse
`
`Mortgage-Failure
`
`to Specify
`
`Alleged
`
`Default:
`
`The
`
`complaint
`
`is vague
`
`and
`
`does
`
`not
`
`specify
`
`the
`
`alleged
`
`default
`
`and/or
`
`the
`
`amount(s)
`
`plaintiff
`
`claims
`
`in this
`
`action.
`
`o
`
`Reverse
`
`Mortgage-Foreclosure
`
`on
`
`a Reverse
`
`Mortgage
`
`for
`
`Property
`
`Charge
`
`Defaults
`
`is Against
`
`Public
`
`Policy:
`
`The
`
`purpose
`
`of
`
`reverse
`
`mortgage
`
`loans
`
`under
`
`the Home
`
`Equity
`
`Conversion
`
`Mortgage
`
`program
`
`is to assist
`
`senior
`
`citizens
`
`in their
`
`homes,
`
`("HECM")
`
`to stay
`
`and
`
`reverse
`
`mortgage
`
`lenders
`
`have
`
`other
`
`remedies
`
`in the
`
`event
`
`of alleged
`
`failure
`
`to pay
`
`property
`
`charges.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`accordingly,
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`equity
`
`and
`
`public
`
`policy,
`
`should
`
`not
`
`be
`
`permitted
`
`to foreclose.
`
`o
`
`Reverse
`
`Mortgage-NY
`
`Real
`
`Property
`
`Law
`
`§ 280-b:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`and/or
`
`its predecessor-in
`
`interest,
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`violated
`
`the
`
`requirements
`
`of NY Real
`
`Property
`
`Law
`
`which
`
`is a condition
`
`precedent
`
`an action
`
`to
`
`§ 280-b,
`
`compliance
`
`with
`
`to commencing
`
`foreclose
`
`on a reverse
`
`mortgage
`
`loan
`
`covered
`
`that
`
`by
`
`statute,
`
`mandating
`
`dismissal
`
`of
`
`this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action,
`
`which
`
`defense
`
`also
`
`supports
`
`the
`
`separately
`
`pleaded
`
`counterclaim
`
`for
`
`damages
`
`under
`
`NY Real
`
`Property
`
`Law
`
`§ 280-b.
`
`Predicate
`
`Notices/Conditions
`
`Precedent
`
`Notice
`
`of Default:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`the
`
`requirements
`
`for
`
`the
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`default
`
`in
`
`loan
`
`a condition
`
`precedent
`
`to this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action.
`
`my mortgage
`
`agreement,
`
`$ 90-Day
`
`Notice
`
`Requirement
`
`(NY
`
`Real
`
`Property
`
`Actions
`
`and Proceedings
`
`Law § 1304):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`the
`
`requirements
`
`of NY Real
`
`Property
`
`Actions
`
`and
`
`Proceedings
`
`Law § 1304,
`
`a condition
`
`precedent
`
`to this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action.
`
`90-Day
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Notice
`
`Filing
`
`Requirement
`
`(NY
`
`Real
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`the
`
`requirements
`
`Property
`of NY Real
`
`and Proceedings
`
`Law § 1306):
`
`Property
`
`and
`
`Proceedings
`
`Law
`
`§ 1306,
`
`a condition
`
`precedent
`
`to this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action.
`
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`Help
`
`for
`
`Homeowners
`
`in Foreclosure
`
`Notice
`
`Requirement
`
`(NY
`
`Real
`
`Property
`
`Actions
`
`and Proceedings
`
`Law § 1303):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`the
`
`requirements
`
`of NY Real
`
`Property
`
`and
`
`Proceedings
`
`Law § 1303,
`
`a condition
`
`precedent
`
`to this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action.
`
`Real
`
`Estate
`
`Settlement
`
`Procedures
`
`Act
`
`Real
`
`Estate
`
`Settlement
`
`Procedures
`
`Act
`
`Early
`
`Intervention
`
`Requirement
`
`(12 C.F.R.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`Plaintiff
`
`violated
`
`the
`
`intervention
`
`§ 1024.39):
`
`belief,
`
`early
`
`requirements
`
`of
`
`the Real
`
`Estate
`
`Settlement
`
`Procedures
`
`Act
`
`because
`
`(check
`
`one
`
`or both
`
`if
`
`applicable):
`
`Æ Within
`
`36 days
`
`of my delinquency,
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer
`
`did
`
`not
`
`attempt
`
`to establish
`
`live
`
`contact
`
`with me to inform
`
`me about
`
`the
`
`availability
`
`of
`
`loss mitigation
`
`options.
`
`4.
`
`Within
`
`45
`
`days
`
`of my delinquency,
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer
`
`did
`
`not
`
`send me a written
`
`notice
`
`contact
`
`information
`
`for
`
`of
`
`loss mitigation
`
`that
`
`included
`
`the
`
`servicer,
`
`a description
`
`options
`
`available
`
`from
`
`the
`
`servicer,
`
`information
`
`about
`
`applying
`
`for
`
`loss mitigation,
`
`and
`
`a website
`
`listing
`
`housing
`
`counselors.
`
`Real
`
`Estate
`
`Settlement
`
`Procedures
`
`Act
`
`Pre-Foreclosure
`
`Review
`
`Requirement
`
`(12 C.F.R.
`
`§ 1024.41):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`impermissibly
`
`filed
`
`this
`
`foreclosure
`
`during
`
`the
`
`pre-foreclosure
`
`review
`
`period
`
`because
`
`(check
`
`one
`
`or both
`
`if applicable):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`action
`
`before
`
`120
`
`delinquent.
`
`gl
`
`my loan
`
`was more
`
`than
`
`days
`
`o
`
`I submitted
`
`a complete
`
`loss mitigation
`
`application
`
`to my loan
`
`servicer
`
`but Plaintiff
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`action
`
`(1) before
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer
`
`made
`
`a decision
`
`on that
`
`application,
`
`(2)
`
`before
`
`the
`
`time
`
`period
`
`to appeal
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer's
`
`decision
`
`lapsed,
`
`or
`
`(3)
`
`before
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer
`
`made
`
`a decision
`
`on an appeal
`
`I submitted
`
`in connection
`
`with
`
`the
`
`loss mitigation
`
`application.
`
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`FHA-Insured
`
`Loans
`
`FHA
`
`Pre-Foreclosure
`
`Requirements:
`
`My loan
`
`is insured
`
`the Federal
`
`by
`
`Housing
`
`Administration.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`with
`
`regulations
`
`of
`
`the Department
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`of Housing
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer/mortgagee
`
`has not
`
`complied
`
`and Urban
`
`Development
`
`because
`
`the
`
`loan
`
`servicer/mortgagee
`
`did
`
`not
`
`do
`
`one
`
`or more
`
`of
`
`the
`
`following
`
`(check
`
`all
`
`that
`
`are
`
`applicable):
`
`Send me a notice
`
`of
`
`default
`
`before
`
`the
`
`end
`
`of
`
`the
`
`second
`
`month
`
`of my delinquency
`
`(24 C.F.R.
`
`§ 203.602).
`
`Attempt
`
`to arrange
`
`a face-to-face
`
`interview
`
`p
`
`with me before
`
`three
`
`full monthly
`
`installments
`
`due
`
`under
`
`the mortgage
`
`were
`
`unpaid
`
`(24 C.F.R.
`
`§ 203.604).
`
`Æ Evaluate
`
`me for
`
`loss mitigation
`
`before
`
`four
`
`full monthly
`
`installments
`
`due
`
`under
`
`the
`
`mortgage
`
`were
`
`unpaid
`
`(24 C.F.R.
`
`§ 203.605).
`
`until
`
`installments
`
`due
`
`under
`
`were
`
`unpaid
`
`before
`
`Wait
`
`three
`
`full monthly
`
`the mortgage
`
`commencing
`
`this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action
`
`(24 C.F.R.
`
`§ 203.606).
`
`******
`
`Certificate
`
`of Merit
`
`Requirement
`
`(NY
`
`Civil
`
`Practice
`
`Law and Rules
`
`§ 3012-b):
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`NY Civil
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to comply
`
`with
`
`the Certificate
`
`of Merit
`
`requirements
`
`of
`
`Practice
`
`Law and Rules
`
`§ 3012-b.
`
`o
`
`Request
`
`for
`
`Judicial
`
`Intervention
`
`(NY
`
`Codes,
`
`Rules
`
`and Regulations
`
`Title
`
`22,
`
`§ 202.12-
`
`a(b)):
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`did
`
`not
`
`file
`
`a Request
`
`for
`
`Judicial
`
`Intervention.
`
`o
`
`Excessive
`
`Interest
`
`and
`
`Fees
`
`(NY
`
`Civil
`
`Practice
`
`Law and Rules
`
`§ 3408(f)):
`
`In
`
`a prior
`
`foreclosure
`
`action,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to negotiate
`
`in good
`
`faith
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`3408(f).
`
`This
`
`failure
`
`to negotiate
`
`in good
`
`faith
`
`has
`
`caused
`
`excessive
`
`interest
`
`and
`
`fees
`
`to accrue
`
`which
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`Plaintiff,
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`equity
`
`and
`
`by
`
`operation
`
`of
`
`the CPLR,
`
`is not
`
`entitled
`
`to recover.
`
`Excessive
`
`Interest
`
`(NY
`
`Civil
`
`Practice
`
`Law and Rules
`
`§ 5001(a)):
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has unreasonably
`
`delayed
`
`filing
`
`this
`
`action,
`
`failed
`
`to file
`
`the Request
`
`for
`
`Judicial
`
`Intervention
`
`or engaged
`
`other
`
`dilatory
`
`conduct
`
`causing
`
`excessive
`
`toll,
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`equity
`
`and
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`pursuant
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`interest
`to NY Civil
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`to accrue
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`which
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`the Court
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`may
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`Practice
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`Law
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`and Rules
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`§ 5001(a).
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`in
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`or
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`o
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`Action
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`Commenced
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`Against
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`a Deceased
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`Party:
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`This
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`action
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`is a nullity
`
`because
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`it was
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`commenced
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`against
`
`after
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`that
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`party
`
`was
`
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`
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`
`a
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`
`was
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`and
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`be dismissed.
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`o
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`Failure
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`to Join
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`Necessary
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`Party:
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`This
`
`action
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`should
`
`be dismissed
`
`because
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`failure
`
`to join
`
`a necessary
`
`party.
`
`Coronavirus
`
`Foreclosure
`
`Moratoriums/Forbearance
`
`and
`
`Loss Mitigation
`
`Programs:
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`Plaintiff
`
`failed
`
`to comply
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`with
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`federal
`
`or New York
`
`State
`
`law requiring
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`forbearance
`
`and
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`loss
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`mitigation
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`programs
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`for
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`borrowers
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`affected
`
`or
`
`impacted
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`the Coronavirus
`
`by
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`pandemic,
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`or
`
`it
`
`commenced
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`this
`
`action
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`in violation
`
`of
`
`federal
`
`or New York
`
`State
`
`law imposing
`
`moratoriums
`
`on the
`
`commencement
`
`of
`
`residential
`
`foreclosure
`
`actions,
`
`or otherwise
`
`in violation
`
`of
`
`any
`
`applicable
`
`Executive
`
`Order
`
`promulgated
`
`the Governor
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`or
`
`by
`
`Administrative
`
`Orders
`
`promulgated
`
`by
`
`the Chief
`
`Administrative
`
`Judge
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New
`
`York.
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`Equitable
`
`Defenses
`
`Unclean
`
`Hands
`
`and/or
`
`Unconscionability:
`
`This
`
`action
`
`is barred
`
`by
`
`the
`
`doctrine
`
`of unclean
`
`hands
`
`and/or
`
`unconscionability
`
`for
`
`the
`
`following
`
`reason(s):
`
`Implied
`
`Covenant
`
`of Good
`
`Faith
`
`and
`
`Fair
`
`Dealing:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`or
`
`its predecessor-in-interest
`
`violated
`
`the
`
`covenant
`
`of
`
`good
`
`faith
`
`and
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`recovery
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`for
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`fair
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`implied
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`in all contracts
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`and
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`statute
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`of
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`limitations
`
`for
`
`commencement
`
`of
`
`this
`
`foreclosure
`
`action
`
`on the
`
`subject
`
`mortgage
`
`has
`
`expired
`
`because
`
`infonnation
`
`action
`
`than
`
`six
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`the
`
`upon
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`more
`
`years
`
`after
`
`it accelerated
`
`mortgage
`
`debt.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is not
`
`in possession
`
`of
`
`the mortgaged
`
`property
`
`and
`
`I am the
`
`owner
`
`of
`
`the
`
`property
`
`and
`
`therefore
`
`am entitled
`
`to a judgment
`
`cancelling
`
`and
`
`discharging
`
`the mortgage
`
`and
`
`adjudging
`
`the
`
`property
`
`free
`
`of
`
`any
`
`encumbrance
`
`by
`
`such mortgage
`
`pursuant
`
`to NY Real
`
`Property
`
`Actions
`
`and
`
`Proceedings
`
`Law § 1501(4).
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`o
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`Violations
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`of NY Real
`
`Property
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`Law
`
`and/or
`
`its predecessor-in-interest's
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`violations
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`I have
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`§ 280-b:
`of NY Real
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`been
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`injured
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`by
`
`reason
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`Property
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`Law § 280-b
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`or
`
`the
`
`rules
`
`and
`
`regulations
`
`of
`
`the
`
`federal
`
`Department
`
`of Housing
`
`and Urban
`
`Development
`
`relating
`
`to the
`
`home
`
`equity
`
`conversion
`
`mortgage
`
`program
`
`and
`
`I am therefore
`
`entitled
`
`to recover
`
`treble
`
`and
`
`actual
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`damages,
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`
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`
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`
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`
`in defending
`
`this
`
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`
`pursuant
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`
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`
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF THE STATE
`OF ORANGE
`
`OF NEW YORK
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`SPECIALIZED
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`LOAN
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`SERVICING
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`LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Index
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`No.
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`EF000749-2024
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`VERIFICATION
`
`v.
`
`NEW YORK
`AMANDA
`MILLER,
`DEPARTMENT
`OF TAXATION
`John Doe
`#1 through
`and
`#6,
`names
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`the
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`the
`
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`Defendant(s).
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`State
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`of New York
`
`County
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`I, Amanda
`Miller,
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`9
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`9 of 11
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`OF ORANGE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`SPECIALIZED
`
`LOAN
`
`SERVICING
`
`LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`
`No.
`
`EF000749-2024
`
`AFFIRMATION
`
`OF SERVICE
`
`v.
`
`STATE
`AND FINANCE,
`#1 through
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`it being
`and
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`
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`
`upon
`
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`being
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`
`AMANDA
`NEW YORK
`MILLER,
`DEPARTMENT
`OF TAXATION
`John Doe
`#1 through
`and
`#6,
`names
`last
`the
`twelve
`intention
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`persons
`an interest
`foreclosed
`
`#6,
`the
`
`occupants,
`
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`premises
`
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`being
`
`herein,
`
`Defendant(s).
`
`I, Yasmin
`
`C. Disla,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`§ 2106,
`
`affirm
`
`as follows:
`
`I am over
`18 years
`York. My business
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`of
`
`address
`
`not
`a party
`age,
`is 59 Windsor
`
`to the within
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`Highway,
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`W.A.
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`Campus,
`NY 12227
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`Albany,
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`9
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`McCalla
`Attorneys
`Lexington
`420
`840
`Suite
`New York,
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`NY 10170
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