Hi,
Please remember that the burden of proof lies on these scum suckers
#1 request to vacate judgment as you have
#2 Send certified letter to the fake collectors (LVNV) asking to validate the debt (not verify) via certified mail. Also, get any and all papers they 'filed' in your local clerk of court
#3 Prepare your argument
a) You do not owe LVNV anything
b) they have not provided you with an ORIGINAL contract, nor have they proven to you that owe THEM anything, or that they even OWN the debt. They must provide you with original proof that you owe them!!! If they do not have any original statements (not something computer generated from their office, their flat out lying)
c) deny, deny, deny. you don't know these people. and, even if the debt is something you had years ago, there's a 100% chance that the statue of limitations has passed.
4) Request a traverse hearing (should be done in the original stages).
Hope this helps. Also do a search on 'LVNV' funding within ripoff report. You will find some detailed line by line things to do. NYC system is crappy, but if you go step by step, you will beat this because LVNV does not have original proof, and THEY NEVER, EVER, EVER, OWN THE DEBT. They are 3rd party collectors.
Don't be intimated by these low-lifes. They make their money robbing the poor, and wearing cheap a*s suits and bad shoes to court.
Good luck!!