Case Name: Whitestone Shopping Center, Inc., Respondent, v. New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-12-07
Citations: 256 A.D.2d 331
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whitestone Shopping Center, Inc., Respondent, v New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 331–332

Head Matter:
Whitestone Shopping Center, Inc., Respondent, v New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, Appellant.
[683 NYS2d 274]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover moneys due pursuant to a lease, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.), dated October 21, 1997, which granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the motion is denied.
The Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law requires that in an action to recover under a lease, a notice of claim must be served within 90 days after the cause of action shall have accrued (see, Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 618; see also, Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 514; Quicksilver Assocs. v Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., 213 AD2d 389). It is undisputed that no such notice was served within that time period.
Since Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 618 does not provide for service of a late notice of claim, and since General Municipal Law § 50-e is inapplicable to this action, it was improper to have granted the plaintiffs request for leave to serve a late notice of claim and its motion for leave to serve a late notice of claim is denied. Bracken, J. P., Santucci, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.