New York Mortgage Servicing Corp. v. Dake

*1008Based on those facts, defendants, in their fourth counterclaim, assert a civil RICO claim against plaintiff. They allege, in a conclusory fashion, that plaintiff committed two or more predicate acts constituting a pattern of racketeering activity within the meaning of RICO, that plaintiff had participated in an enterprise that affected interstate commerce, and that defendants had sustained property damages as a result of plaintiff’s RICO violations.

In order to sustain a civil RICO claim, a party is required to allege that the multiple predicates constitute a pattern of racketeering activity…