Copeland v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Evans, J.), entered June 29, 1990, which granted plaintiff’s motion to serve a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was arrested on June 3, 1989, by a Housing Authority Police officer for driving while intoxicated. While the officer allegedly complied with proper procedure by parking plaintiff’s vehicle on the public street, plaintiff alleges that he was neither advised of the location of the vehicle, nor given the keys. The vehicle was never located. Seeking recovery for the value of his car, plaintiff mistakenly…