Opinion
04-19-2017
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, respondent, v. Gerald WILLIAMS, appellant, et al., defendants.
Ronald D. Weiss, P.C., Melville, NY (William J. Birmingham of counsel), for appellant. Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, P.C., Plainview, NY (Kenneth M. Sheehan of counsel), for respondent.
Ronald D. Weiss, P.C., Melville, NY (William J. Birmingham of counsel), for appellant.
Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, P.C., Plainview, NY (Kenneth M. Sheehan of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Gerald Williams appeals from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Livote, J.), entered November 18, 2014, which, upon his default in answering the complaint, and upon two orders of the same court (J. Golia, J.), dated May 18, 2012, and February 13, 2013, respectively, inter alia, granted the plaintiff's motion to confirm a referee's report and directed the sale of the subject property.
ORDERED that the order and judgment entered November 18, 2014, is affirmed, with costs.
In an order dated February 13, 2013, the Supreme Court determined that the defendant Gerald Williams (hereinafter the defendant) waived the defense of lack of standing. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 5, 2015, the defendant's appeal from that order was dismissed for failure to perfect. The defendant now seeks to raise the issue of lack of standing on the present appeal from the order and judgment. As a general rule, this Court does not consider an issue on a subsequent appeal which was raised or could have been raised on an earlier appeal which was dismissed for failure to perfect, although this Court has the inherent jurisdiction to do so (see Rubeo v. National Grange Mut. Ins. Co., 93 N.Y.2d 750, 754, 697 N.Y.S.2d 866, 720 N.E.2d 86 ; Bray v. Cox, 38 N.Y.2d 350, 353, 379 N.Y.S.2d 803, 342 N.E.2d 575 ). We decline to exercise that jurisdiction in this case.
The defendant's remaining contention is improperly raised for the first time on appeal.
BALKIN, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and LaSALLE, JJ., concur.