Turkenitz v. City of New York

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane Solomon, J.), entered January 6, 1994, which denied plaintiffs motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs lack of fluency in English and ignorance of the law are not acceptable excuses for failing to serve a timely notice of claim (Matter of Perez v New York City Hous. Auth., 156 AD2d 177), and the excuse that she was incapacitated by the injuries she sustained in the accident is insufficient in the absence of any supporting medical evidence (Matter of Rios v City of New York, 180 AD2d 801).…