Amin v. City of New York

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a *468late notice of claim, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Cusick, J.), dated July 29, 1996, which denied her application.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The key factors in determining whether leave to serve a late notice of claim should be granted are whether the petitioner has demonstrated a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim, whether the municipality acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim…