Ezzo v. City of Schenectady

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Caruso, J.), entered June 11, 2003 in Schenectady County, which granted petitioners’ application pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to file late notices of claim.

Petitioners are former police officers who sustained disabling injuries while employed by respondent. In 1999, they gave up their rights under General Municipal Law § 207-c and retired in exchange for respondent’s promise to pay each of them workers’ compensation benefits of $400 per week for life. When respondent repudiated the agreement and reduced the payments in May…