Young v. Board of Education

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Betty Owen Stinson, J.), entered March 13, 2002, which denied petitioner’s application for permission to file a late notice of claim nunc pro tunc, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the disposition of the motion vacated, and the matter remanded for hearing.

Petitioner Janice Young, appearing as parent and guardian of Zahir Brooks, an infant under 14 years of age, filed a petition on September 28, 2001 for leave to file a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5).…