Legal Opinion
Thomas v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 17, 2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Margaret A. Chan, J.), entered April 1, 2013, which denied petitioner’s application for leave to file a late notice of claim, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.
General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) confers upon the court “the discretion to determine whether to grant or deny leave to serve a late notice of claim within certain parameters” (Matter of Porcaro v City of New York, 20 AD3d 357, 358 [1st Dept 2005]). The statute provides, in pertinent part, that in determining whether to grant an extension of time to serve a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. Nassau County Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
- Porcaro v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Caminero v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Camacho v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Renelique v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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