Bank of New York Mellon v. Rutkowski

Appeals from two orders of the Supreme Court (McGuire, J.), entered March 8, 2016 and March 9, 2016 in Sullivan County, which, among other things, granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment.

In July 2007, defendant Michael Rutkowski (hereinafter defendant) executed a $500,000 note that was secured by a mortgage on real property situated in the Village of Monticello, Sullivan County. Such mortgage was ultimately assigned to plaintiff. Following defendant’s default on his payment obligations under the loan in June 2010, plaintiff commenced this mortgage foreclosure action on December 8,…