Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Banks

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Banks (2020 NY Slip Op 03687) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Banks 2020 NY Slip Op 03687 Decided on July 1, 2020 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on July 1, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX COLLEEN D. DUFFY ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ. 2019-04226 (Index No. 705057/14) [*1]Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., respondent, v Tyra Banks, etc., et al., appellants, et al., defendants. John C. Schnaufer, Esq., LLC, Hartsdale, NY, for appellants. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP (Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY [Andrew B. Messite and Joseph S. Jacobs], of counsel), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendants Tyra Banks and Michael Banks appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Janice A. Taylor, J.), entered February 6, 2019. The order granted those branches of the plaintiff's motion which were for summary judgment on the complaint insofar as asserted against those defendants, to strike those defendants' amended answer, and to appoint a referee to compute the amount due to the plaintiff. ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs. We affirm the order for reasons stated in Vanderbilt Mtge. & Fin., Inc. v Ammon (179 AD3d 1138, 1141) and Citimortgage, Inc. v Simon (137 AD3d 1190, 1192-1193). RIVERA, J.P., HINDS-RADIX, DUFFY and IANNACCI, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court