—[*1] Michael T. Lamberti, Woodbury, N.Y., for appellant.

Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., Garden City, N.Y. (Sara Z. Boriskin and Erick R. Vallely of counsel), for respondent.

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Albert Packu, also known as Albert Pacuku, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Giacobbe, J.), dated July 26, 2010, which denied his motion, inter alia, to stay further proceedings in the action.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The contentions that the appellant raises on this appeal either are not properly before this Court (see CPLR 5511; New York Community Bank v Vermonty, 89 AD3d 905, 906 [2011]), or are without merit (cf. Aames Funding Corp. v Houston, 85 AD3d 1070 [2011]). Balkin, J.P., Eng, Hall and Sgroi, JJ., concur.