Via v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered January 23, 2015, which denied defendant New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) motion to dismiss plaintiff’s bedbug claims, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that she suffered hundreds of bedbug bites over a period of months as the result of an infestation in an apartment owned by NYCHA. On or about November 16, 2012, she served a notice of claim on NYCHA, and thereafter NYCHA moved to dismiss her claims for failure to serve a timely notice of claim.

Plaintiff’s bedbug claims are not governed by CPLR…