Hernandez v. City of New York

259 A.D.2d 751, 687 N.Y.S.2d 404, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3161

Opinion

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (R. Goldberg, J.), dated December 22, 1997, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The petitioner’s contention that he was unaware of the requirements of General Municipal Law § 50-e is not a reasonable excuse for the failure to serve a timely notice of claim (see, Matter of Gaffney v Town of Hempstead, 226 AD2d 721). The petitioner also failed to prove that the respondent, City of New York, acquired actual knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim within the 90-day period prescribed by statute or within a reasonable time thereafter (General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]; see, Kalenda v Buffalo Mun. Hous. Auth., 203 AD2d 937). Under these circumstances, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by denying the application for leave to serve a late notice of claim.

The petitioner’s remaining contentions are without merit. S. Miller, J. P., Santucci, Friedmann and Florio, JJ., concur.