Martinez v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stall-man, J.), entered June 9, 2006, which granted the motion of defendant New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to dismiss the complaint as against it with prejudice and denied plaintiffs’ cross motion for leave to amend the notices of claim served against defendant City of New York nunc pro tunc to add NYCHA as a defendant, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Dismissal of the complaint against NYCHA was appropriate in this action where plaintiffs were allegedly injured in an automobile accident involving a vehicle owned by the City and/or…