Foreclosure summons issued; respond to avoid losing your home.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF RICHMOND
INDEX NO. 135274/2025 Date Filed: 12/18/2025
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Plaintiff designates RICHMOND County as the place of trial.
The basis of venue is: The location of real property being foreclosed.
FIRST AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, against JAMES SORRENTI, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI AND JOHN SORRENTI A/K/A JOHN SORRENTI, SR., WHO WAS AN HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL SORRENTI, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI AND JOHN SORRENTI A/K/A JOHN SORRENTI, SR., WHO WAS AN HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI; NICOLE SORRENTI A/K/A NIKKI SORRENTI, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI AND JOHN SORRENTI A/K/A JOHN SORRENTI, SR., WHO WAS AN HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI; MICHAEL SORRENTI A/K/A MICHAEL DEFALCO, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI; JOHN SORRENTI, JR., AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI AND JOHN SORRENTI A/K/A JOHN SORRENTI, SR., WHO WAS AN HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI; JOSEPH J. SORRENTI A/K/A JOSEPH SORRENTI, AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI AND JOHN SORRENTI A/K/A JOHN SORRENTI, SR., WHO WAS AN HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF JOAN SORRENTI, and UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN SORRENTI A/K/A JOHN SORRENTI, SR., WHO WAS AN HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JOAN SORRENTI, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; and JOHN DOE No. 1'' through ''JOHN DOE No. 100'' inclusive, the name of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendant(s). To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff's attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Raymond L Rodriguez, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Richmond County, granted on the 17th day of December, 2025, and filed with the Complaint and other papers in the office of the County Clerk of Richmond County. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JOAN SORRENTI to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER, bearing date September 27, 2005 and recorded in Land Doc: 88386 in the County of Richmond on December 6, 2005, which was assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ INC., CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-I by instrument executed September 14, 2015 and recorded September 30, 2015, in Land Doc: 577903, which was further assigned to 2005 RESIDENITAL TRUST 3-1 by instrument executed July 13, 2017 and recorded July 25, 2017, in Land Doc: 660668, which was further assigned to FIRST AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC by instrument executed December 7, 2017 and recorded January 16, 2018, in Land Doc: 684067. Said premises being known as and by 494 Willow Road West, Staten Island, NY 10314 bearing tax map designation Block 1499, Lot 51, which is more fully described in the Schedule "A" attached to the Complaint. Aldridge Pite, LLP, Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 File 1702-012B
January 9,16,23,30 2026
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