Federal National Mortgage Association v. Byron

—In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Iris Byron appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Colabella, J.), entered March 31, 1998, which granted the plaintiffs motion, inter alia, for summary judgment.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In commencing this action, the plaintiff simultaneously served the appellant with a summons and a debt validation notice pursuant to the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 USC § 1692 et seq.). We reject the appellant’s contention that the alleged contradictions between the two documents deprived the…