Robertson v. City of New York

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Wright, J.), filed July 18, 1986, which granted plaintiff’s motion to renew a prior application for leave to serve a late notice of claim upon the City of New York and, further, denied the application, affirmed, without costs.

We find that the motion court did not abuse its discretion in denying the application. General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) gives a court discretion to extend the period of time in which a notice of claim is filed. First, there was an inordinate delay by the plaintiff in completing his application for permission to file a late…