Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 29, 2017, 2015-11524 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Powell)

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Angella J. Pusey appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sampson, J.), entered July 31, 2015, which denied her motion pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1) to vacate an order of reference of the same court entered upon her failure to appear or answer the complaint, and to compel the plaintiff to accept her late answer.