Vandaatselaar v. Town of Hempstead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
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 petitioners appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Warshawsky, J,), dated July 26, 2000, which denied the application.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In a proceeding for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5), a court must consider if there is a reasonable excuse for the delay, whether *435the public corporation acquired actual knowledge of the facts constituting the claim within 90 days or a reasonable time…
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