Barzaga v. New York City Housing Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered April 15, 1993, which denied claimants’ application for leave to serve a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Claimants offer no excuse for failure to timely serve the *164respondent other than a failure to properly research ownership of the premises. Notice of claim was not served upon the respondent until one year and one month after the occurrence, at a time when the condition of the door which allegedly caused claimant’s injury could not be ascertained, resulting in actual prejudice to respondent. The vague…