Connaughton v. New York City Transit Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila AbdusSalaam, J.), entered October 3, 2001, which granted petitioner’s motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim for injuries sustained in a fall on steps leading into a subway station, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner’s submissions sufficiently show that the delay in serving a notice of claim was due to disabling physical and mental conditions caused by the accident, and that respondent’s token clerk was told about the accident shortly after it happened by petitioner’s companion (see Matter of Strauss v New York City Tr.…