Gitis v. City of New York

Supreme Court exercised its discretion in an improvident manner in granting plaintiffs application for leave to file a late *490notice of claim some three months after expiration of the applicable 90-day deadline (General Municipal Law § 50-e [1] [a]; [5]; see e.g. Washington v City of New York, 72 NY2d 881, 883 [1988]). The record shows that petitioner not only failed to demonstrate that respondent City of New York had timely actual notice of her claim, but she also failed to establish a reasonable excuse for failing to meet the statutory deadline. Petitioner possessed the Big Apple Map…