Hilda B. v. New York City Housing Authority

—Order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Anne Targum, J.), entered November 29, 1994, which denied petitioners’ motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim nunc pro tunc upon respondent, is unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, and the motion is granted, without costs or disbursements.

On October 2, 1993, petitioner, Hilda B., was attacked and sexually abused and molested by a dishevelled "street person” in her apartment building owned and operated by the respondent Housing Authority. The attack took place in the stairway of the premises while…