how do you get the banks to speed up the foreclosures?

[Mark Elliott]

hello to all. i have a question for all of you new york state investors. i live and invest in the buffalo, ny area. there are many, many properties that are in some stage of foreclosure here in the western new york area, but have not completed the foreclosure yet. in fact, i personally know of several that have been in foreclosure for over 5 years. anyone have any idea why this is???? other states foreclose in just a few months to a couple of years. there is a house on the next block over from me that has been in foreclosure since 2009 and it still has not been thru the total process so it can be bought. the bank is paying the taxes and mowing the lawn, but there has been no paperwork filed on this place since october of 2014. and this house is just one of many i know of. how do i get the bank to either sell them to me, or finish what they started and finally foreclose so it can be bought? any one have any ideas?