Chauhan v. New York City Transit Authority

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lane, J.), dated August 3, 2009, which granted the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is denied.

Although raised for the first time on appeal, the appellants’ contention that the petitioner’s application was made beyond the one year, 90-day, time limit for the commencement of an action against them raises an issue of law that appears on the face of the record, the determination…