2nd Circuit Certifies Questions To State Appeals Court Over Foreclosure Notices

(February 6, 2020, 3:47 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 28 certified two questions to the New York Court of Appeals as to whether a lender’s preforeclosure notices satisfied the requirements of two sections of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL), finding that the questions turn on New York law and that there are no controlling decisions by the state’s appeals court (CIT Bank N.A. v. Pamela Schiffman, et al., No. 18-3287, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3090)....