| Citibank, N.A. v Herrera |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 05742 [64 AD3d 536] |
| July 7, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Citibank, N.A., Respondent, v Elvis Herrera, Appellant, etal., Defendants. |
—[*1] Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, P.C., Plainview, N.Y. (Andrew Morganstern of counsel), forrespondent.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Elvis Herrera appeals from an order ofthe Supreme Court, Westchester County (Nastasi, J.), dated April 2, 2008, which granted theplaintiff's motion, inter alia, for summary judgment on the complaint and for the appointment ofa referee to compute the amount owed to it.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
On appeal, the defendant Elvis Herrera challenges only the plaintiff's standing to commencethis action, not the merits of the plaintiff's motion. However, Herrera waived any challenge to theplaintiff's standing by raising this argument for the first time only in opposition to the plaintiff'ssummary judgment motion, and not in his answer or in a pre-answer motion to dismiss(see CPLR 3211 [a] [3]; [e]; Matter of Fossella v Dinkins, 66 NY2d 162,167-168 [1985]; Dougherty v City of Rye, 63 NY2d 989, 991-992 [1984]; HSBC Bank, USA v Dammond, 59AD3d 679 [2009]; Aames FundingCorp. v Houston, 57 AD3d 808 [2008]; Wells Fargo Bank Minn., N.A. v Mastropaolo, 42 AD3d 239[2007]). Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Eng and Belen, JJ., concur.