Cali v. City of Poughkeepsie
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 petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Sproat, J.), dated February 22, 2010, which denied the petition.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the petition. The petitioner failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for her failure to serve a timely notice of claim. The petitioner’s ignorance of the notice of claim requirement is not a reasonable excuse (see Matter of Padgett v City…
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