Sokolowski v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered April 10, 1990, which granted petitioner’s motion to serve a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner, a passenger in a vehicle, was allegedly injured in an accident on August 7, 1989, when the vehicle collided with a New York Housing Police vehicle, driven by respondent’s employee. Although the police accident report clearly indicates that respondent’s employee was involved, petitioner, ostensibly through inadvertence, initially served a notice of claim on the City, which informed petitioner of…