By Nelson, J.P.; Iannacci, Wooten, Zayas, JJ.
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, ETC., res, v. VEEDEL WENTWORTH, app, ET AL., def — (Index No. 4905/08) Michael Kennedy Karlson, New York, NY, for appellant. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, Westbury, NY (Joseph F. Battista and Leah Lenz of counsel), for respondent. In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Veedel Wentworth appeals from an order and judgment of foreclosure and sale (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Thomas A. Adams, J.), entered September 16, 2019. The order and judgment of foreclosure and sale, upon an order of the same court dated May 13, 2015, inter alia, denying certain branches of that defendant’s motion which were to compel the plaintiff to comply with discovery demands, and upon an order of the same court entered November 13, 2015, among other things, granting those branches of the plaintiff’s motion which were for summary judgment on the complaint insofar as asserted against that defendant and for an order of reference, and appointing a referee to compute the amount due to the plaintiff, granted the plaintiff’s motion, among other things, to confirm the referee’s report and for a judgment of foreclosure and sale, confirmed the referee’s report, and directed the sale of the subject property. ORDERED that the order and judgment of foreclosure and sale is affirmed, with costs. In March 2008, the plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose a mortgage executed by the defendant Veedel Wentworth (hereinafter the defendant) on certain real property in Nassau County. In an order dated May 13, 2015, the Supreme Court, among other things, denied certain branches of the defendant’s motion which were to compel the plaintiff to comply with discovery demands. Subsequently, the plaintiff moved, inter alia, for summary judgment on the complaint insofar as asserted against the defendant and for an order of reference. The defendant opposed the motion. In an order entered November 13, 2015, the court, among other things, granted those branches of the plaintiff’s motion, and appointed a referee to compute the amount due to the plaintiff. In a report dated November 30, 2018, the referee computed the amount due. The plaintiff then moved, inter alia, to confirm the referee’s report and for a judgment of foreclosure and sale. The defendant opposed the motion and objected to the referee’s computations. In an order and judgment of foreclosure and sale, entered September 16, 2019, the Supreme Court granted the plaintiff’s motion, confirmed the referee’s report, and directed the sale of the subject property. The defendant appeals.
