Schelmety v. Village of Haverstraw

—In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the Village of Haverstraw appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.), dated June 20, 1995, which granted the application.

Ordered that the order is reversed, as an exercise of discretion, with costs, and the application is denied.

The petitioner failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for waiting almost four years after the prescribed 90-day period to commence the instant proceeding against the Village of Haverstraw (see, Matter of Stenowich v Colonie Indus. Dev.…