Plaintiff was the purchaser of a Manhattan property sold at a foreclosure sale held on July 9, 2014. Defendant held a junior mortgage on the property, but was mistakenly not named in the foreclosure action, which had been commenced in October 2009. When a necessary party is omitted from a foreclosure action, "that party's rights [are] unaffected by the judgment and sale, and the foreclosure sale may be considered void as to the omitted party" (6820 Ridge Realty v Goldman...
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