Hunt v. City of New Rochelle

In a proceeding for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5), the City of New Rochelle appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Silverman, J.), entered July 5, 1994, which granted the application.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the application is denied.

The petitioner failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for waiting over five months after the expiration of the prescribed 90-day period to commence the instant proceeding against the City of New Rochelle (see, Matter of Stenowich v Colonie Indus.…