Dubowy v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered on or about September 19, 2001, denying petitioner’s application to deem her notice of claim timely, nunc pro tunc, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the application granted, and the matter remanded to the hearing court for further proceedings.
The purpose underlying the notice of claim requirement *321embodied in General Municipal Law § 50-e, is to protect the municipality from unfounded claims and to ensure that it has an adequate opportunity “to…
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