Sykes v. Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority

—Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and application granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff appeals from an order denying her application to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5). She was injured in an accident that occurred on September 5, 1998. The 90-day statutory period expired on December 4, 1998, and plaintiff filed her motion on February 1, 1999. On September 21, 1998, plaintiff gave defendant written notice of her accident, and the next day defendant conducted an investigation and took photographs of the accident…