Economou v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered May 31, 1973, granting the petitioner-respondents’ motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim on respondent-appellant nunc pro tune affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Bellevue Hospital was owned and operated by the City of New York until July 1, 1970 when its operation, but not its ownership, was taken over by the respondent-appellant under an option given it and the city by chapter 1016 of the Laws of 1969. We agree with the dissent that the respondent-appellant cannot be estopped by any conduct of the city. It is…