HSBC Mortgage Corp. v. Oberlander

*722“A motion to punish a party for civil contempt is addressed to the sound discretion of the motion court” (Chambers v Old-Stone Hill Rd. Assoc., 66 AD3d 944, 946 [2009]; see Educational Reading Aids Corp. v Young, 175 AD2d 152 [1991]). “In order to prevail on such a motion, the moving party must demonstrate that the party charged with contempt violated a clear and unequivocal mandate of the court, thereby prejudicing the moving party’s rights” (Bais Yoel Ohel Feige v Congregation Yetev Lev D’Satmar of Kiryas Joel, Inc., 78 AD3d 626, 626 [2010]; see McCain v Dinkins, 84 NY2d 216, 226 [1994];…