Court of Appeals Accepts Certified Question Regarding The Showing a Defendant Must Make to Render Inadequate the Plaintiff’s Proof of Compliance with RPAPL § 1304

On February 13, 2020, the Court of Appeals accepted two certified questions from the Second Circuit in CIT Bank v. Schiffman:

“(1) Where a foreclosure plaintiff seeks to establish compliance with RPAPL [Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law] § 1304 through proof of a standard office mailing procedure, and the defendant both denies receipt and seeks to rebut the presumption of receipt by showing that the mailing procedure was not followed, what showing must the defendant make to render inadequate the plaintiff’s proof of compliance with § 1304? (2) Where there are multiple borrowers on a single loan, does RPAPL § 1306 require that a lender’s filing include information about all borrowers, or does § 1306 require only that a lender’s filing include information about one borrower?”

On February 13, 2020, the Court accepted the certified questions and set a briefing schedule.

The Second Circuit’s decision is available here.