The recent article “Foreclosure Prevention Programs Urge State to Pick Up Funding” (NYLJ, Nov. 10) states that the Office of Court Administration reported to the Legislature a “ recent low number of newly filed cases.” In truth, foreclosure filings dipped slightly in November 2010 following implementation of OCA’s October 2010 due diligence affirmation requirement for foreclosure firms, but filings thereafter essentially remained at record levels.
Once those suits were filed with the county clerk, however, foreclosure firms largely stopped filing requests for judicial intervention, which must be accompanied by an affirmation if one has not previously been filed. It is the RJI that brings a case to the attention of the court system for its counting purposes; cases that are filed but not “RJI’d” are not recognized.
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