| Federal Fin. Co. v Public Adm'r, Kings County |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 00650 [47 AD3d 881] |
| January 29, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Federal Financial Co., Respondent, v Public Administrator,Kings County, as Administrator of the Estate of Eli Gutman, Deceased, et al., Defendants, andArye Gutman et al., Appellants. |
—[*1] Bruce R. Bekritsky, Mineola, N.Y., for respondent.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendants Arye Gutman and A.G.E. Holding Co.appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marano, J.H.O.), dated April 5, 2007,which, after a hearing to determine the validity of service of a motion for a deficiency judgment,determined that service was properly made.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The resolution of credibility issues by the hearing court is entitled to deference on appeal,and will be upheld if supported by evidence in the record (see generally Gass v Gass, 42 AD3d 393 [2007]; Ahrens v Chisena, 40 AD3d 787[2007]; Lattingtown Harbor Prop.Owners Assn., Inc. v Agostino, 34 AD3d 536 [2006]). The hearing record in this casesupports the court's conclusion that the service of the motion for a deficiency judgment upon theappellants substantially complied with the requirements of RPAPL 1371 (2) (see CPLR2103 [b] [3]; Marine Midland Bank v Rashid, 259 AD2d 739 [1999]; DJS Realty vHirsch, 251 AD2d 618 [1998]; MBL Life Assur. Corp. v 555 Realty Co., 251 AD2d557 [1998]; Sarasota, Inc. v Homestead Acres at Greenport, 249 AD2d 290 [1998]), andwe discern no basis for disturbing that determination. Mastro, J.P., Fisher, Carni and McCarthy,JJ., concur.