SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
INDEX # 65239/2024
Original filed with Clerk July 9,
2024
Plaintiff Designates Westchester
County as the Place of Trial
The Basis of Venue is that the
subject action is situated
Westchester County
Premises:414 Pine Grove Lane
Hartsdale, NY 10530
PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
-against-
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; STONE OAK’S HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION; BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE STONE OAK’S CONDOMINIUM; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SUSIE OWENS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; MARY HEDGEPATH AKA MARY COLEMAN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; LARRY HEDGEPATH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; LILLIE M. MOORE AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; ALFRIEDA JACKSON AKA ALFRIEDA AMIN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; SYLVIA THOMPSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; DOLORES B. BUTLER AKA DOLORES B. HENDERSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; DEBORAH ANN BRACEY AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; LILLIAN BRACEY AKA LILLIAN SIMMONS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; JAMES EDWARD JIGGETTS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; MARGARET A. JIGGETTS AKA MARGARET A. EVANS; GLADYS JIGGETTS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; ERNESTINE JIGGETTS AKA ERNESTINE HARRIS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; BETTY JIGGETTS AKA BETTY NELSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; DOROTHY JIGGETTS AKA DOROTHY HARRIS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; REMATHA EARLEY AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; CATHERINE HEDGEPATH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; TIMOTHY HEDGEPATH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; TAWANDA HEDGEPATH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; FRETTER HEDGEPATH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER; MURDICE HEDGEPATH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF BERLINA WHITAKER EMPIRE PORTFOLIOS, INC; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE TAX COMMISSION; JOAN GIARDINA if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff;
Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 day of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Christie L. D’Alessio, a Justice of the Supreme Court, County of Westchester on November 17, 2025 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Westchester County Clerk’s Office.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the amount of $544,185.00 recorded in the office of the clerk of Westchester County on November 20, 2007 in Instrument #4732006380 covering premises known as 414 Pine Grove Lane, Hartsdale, NY 10530 a/k/a Section 17A, Block P-6, Lot 71 A/K/A Tax Map Parcel ID: 8.141-94-28..71,
The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.
NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.
Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.
Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATIONAND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: Uniondale, New York
October 9, 2025
Respectfully submitted,
Pincus & Tarab, Attorneys at Law, PLLC
By: Linda P. Manfredi, Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
425 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
516-699-8902 - #102688
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