Legal Opinion

Singletary v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 18, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (R. Goldberg, J.), *547dated December 22, 1995, which granted the petitioner’s application.

Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion, with costs, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.

The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in granting the petitioner’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim. The petitioner did not move for leave to serve a late notice of claim…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pantelup v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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