Legal Opinion

Ahferom v. Dormitory Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 19, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Giamboi, J.), entered October 31, 2000, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendant Dormitory Authority’s motion *344to strike and granted plaintiffs cross motion to file a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Where, as here, the delay is relatively short, and the public entity opposing late notice makes no showing of resultant prejudice, the grant of leave to file a late notice of claim constitutes a proper exercise of discretion pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (see, Matter of Thornhill v New York City Hous.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thornhill v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. Rivas v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bennett v. MeleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  2. Gomez v. City of White PlainsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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