Vincent v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alison Y. Tuitt, J.), entered April 25, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendant New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s mold claims based on her failure to file a timely notice of claim and, sua sponte, deemed the late notice of claim timely filed nunc pro tunc, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted.

Plaintiff alleges that she suffered exacerbation of her asthma as the result of exposure to mold in her apartment, which resulted from a leak that had been…