Castellano v. New York City Housing Authority

—In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), dated May 18, 1993, which denied the application.

Ordered that the order is reversed, in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and the application is granted.

The plaintiff was allegedly injured on the evening of September 26, 1992, when he tripped over a pipe protruding from a broken chain link fence in the courtyard of a housing project owned by the defendant New York City Housing Authority (hereinafter…