Brooklyn Sees Significant Reduction in Pending Foreclosure Actions
Justice Lawrence Knipel said the sharp reduction came from his decision to concentrate the wave of foreclosure cases that washed over the court with three Supreme Court justices and a Civil Court judge.
January 31, 2018 at 05:42 PM
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The state Supreme Court in Brooklyn, which leads New York City's five boroughs in total number of foreclosures, has reduced its backlog of foreclosure cases from more than 11,500 three years ago to about 6,500, the lowest point in the past decade.
Justice Lawrence Knipel, the administrative judge for the court's civil matters, said the sharp reduction came from his decision to concentrate the wave of foreclosure cases that washed over the court—which was previously spread among some 27 judges—to three Supreme Court justices and a Civil Court judge.
“I 100 percent attribute the reduction to the dedicated parts,” Knipel said.
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