Ceselka v. City of New York

On July 4, 2010, the petitioners’ home was severely damaged in a fire. Thereafter, the petitioners served a timely notice of claim on the City of New York alleging that after 911 calls were made in response to the fire, the City and the Fire Department of the City of New York (hereinafter together the appellants) “failed to properly process these calls for help, responded to the wrong address, failed to timely respond, failed to inspect the premises upon arrival, and failed to extinguish or control the fire in a timely and appropriate manner.” Later, after their time to file a timely notice…