Meredithe C. v. Carmel Central School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal (transferred to this Court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from an order of the Supreme Court (Dickinson, J.), entered December 3, 1991 in Putnam County, which granted petitioner’s application pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim.
A court may exercise its discretion and grant an application for leave to serve a late notice of claim for up to one year and 90 days after accrual of the cause of action (see, General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]; § 50-i [1]; Pierson v City of New York, *95356 NY2d 950, 954-955; Matter of Kurz v…
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