Bonaparte v. State

— Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Claimant filed two claims with the Clerk of the Court of Claims but failed to serve a copy of either claim upon the Attorney-General until nearly four years after the accident. His application, made seven years after the accident, for permission to serve the late claims upon the Attorney-General was properly denied as untimely (see, Court of Claims Act § 10 [6]; Hernandez v State of New York, 144 AD2d 167; Matter of Welch v State of New York, 71 AD2d 494, 497, lv denied 50 NY2d 802). Claimant’s contention that he was lulled into a false…