This appeal involves the relative priority of a first mortgage on the subject cooperative apartment and a lien for common charges filed by plaintiff Board of Managers. Resolution of this question rests upon the meaning of the term "first mortgage of record" (Real Property Law § 339-z [ii]) and the legal effect to be given to circumstances suggesting that notice of the prior mortgage was afforded to plaintiff.
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