Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M293722

AFA/

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

ANGELA G. IANNACCI

LILLIAN WAN

JANICE A. TAYLOR, JJ.

2022-09488 Federal National Mortgage Association, etc., appellant-respondent, v Sharmila Nathu, et al., respondents-appellants, et al., defendants. (Index No. 715378/2019)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal and cross-appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated September 18, 2022. Motion by the respondents-appellants to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the appellant-respondent is not aggrieved and/or lacks standing, or in the alternative, to extend the time to serve and file an answering brief.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to dismiss the appeal is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to extend the time to serve and file an answering brief is granted, and on or before February 23, 2024, the respondents-appellants shall serve and file their answering brief, including the points of argument on the cross-appeal (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9[f][1][iv]), via NYSCEF, if applicable, or if NYSCEF is not mandated, serve the answering brief and upload a digital copy of the answering brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website.

DILLON, J.P., IANNACCI, WAN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court