Legal Opinion
Sargent v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 22, 2001PublishedCited by 1 opinion
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, Richmond County (Maltese, J.), dated January 26, 2001, which granted the petition.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.
The Supreme Court erred in granting the petitioner leave to serve a late notice of claim. She failed to proffer an adequate explanation for her failure to serve a timely notice of claim, the New York City Housing Authority (hereinafter the…
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- Serrano v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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