| Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v Chirinkin |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 00139 [135 AD3d 676] |
| January 13, 2016 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| Aurora Loan Services, LLC,Respondent, v Nelli Chirinkin et al., Appellants, et al.,Defendants. |
Lester & Associates, P.C., Garden City, NY (Roy J. Lester and Gabriel R.Korinman of counsel), for appellants.
McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C., New Rochelle, NY (Keith Ferguson, MarkGolab, and Jordan M. Smith of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendants Nelli Chirinkin and AlexeiChirinkin appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.),entered February 7, 2014, which, after settlement conferences pursuant to CPLR 3408,denied their motion, inter alia, to restore the action to the mortgage foreclosure settlementconference part calendar.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants Nelli Chirinkin and Alexei Chirinkin (hereinafter together thedefendants) failed to demonstrate that the plaintiff did not negotiate in good faith duringthe foreclosure settlement conferences (see CPLR 3408). There is nothing in therecord to support the claim that the plaintiff engaged in conduct that improperly hinderedthe settlement process or needlessly prevented the parties from reaching a mutuallyagreeable resolution (seeFlagstar Bank, FSB v Titus, 120 AD3d 469, 470 [2014]; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v VanDyke, 101 AD3d 638, 638 [2012]; cf. U.S. Bank N.A. v Smith, 123 AD3d 914, 916 [2014]; US Bank N.A. v Sarmiento,121 AD3d 187, 204-205 [2014]). Contrary to the defendants' contention, theplaintiff did not violate CPLR 3408 by refusing to lower the principal or the interest rateor by rejecting the terms of the defendants' counteroffer (see Bank of Am., N.A. vLucido, 114 AD3d 714, 715-716 [2014]; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v VanDyke, 101 AD3d at 638). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied thedefendants' motion, inter alia, to restore the action to the mortgage foreclosure settlementconference part calendar. Dillon, J.P., Austin, Roman and Barros, JJ., concur.