Case Name: In the Matter of Michael A. Santopietro et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-04-10
Citations: 50 A.D.3d 390
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Michael A. Santopietro et al., Appellants, v City of New York, Respondent, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 390–391

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Michael A. Santopietro et al., Appellants, v City of New York, Respondent, et al., Respondents.
[854 NYS2d 310]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered January 3, 2007, which denied petitioner's application for leave to file a late notice of claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion, under General Municipal Law § 50-e (5), in denying petitioners' motion to file a late notice of claim (see e.g. Williams v Nassau County Med. Ctr., 6 NY3d 531 [2006]). While the failure to proffer a reasonable excuse for delay in serving a notice of claim is not alone fatal to a motion for leave to file a late notice, plaintiffs also failed to demonstrate that the City had timely actual notice of the claim and suffered no prejudice by reason of the delay (see General Municipal Law § 50-e [1] [a]; [5]; Matter of Schifano v City of New York, 6 AD3d 259 [2004], lv denied 4 NY3d 703 [2005]; Harris v City of New York, 297 AD 2d 473 [2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 503 [2002]). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Gonzalez and Acosta, JJ.