Christoforatos v. City of New York

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), dated August 21, 2000, which denied their motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim and dismissed the complaint insofar as asserted against the defendants the City of New York and the City of New York Department of Design and Construction.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In determining whether to grant leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law 50-e (5), a court must consider whether there is a…