Case Name: In the Matter of Edgar Dawkins, Appellant, v. New York City Department of Motor Equipment et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-10-27
Citations: 243 A.D.2d 711
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Edgar Dawkins, Appellant, v New York City Department of Motor Equipment et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 711–711

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Edgar Dawkins, Appellant, v New York City Department of Motor Equipment et al., Respondents.
[664 NYS2d 566]

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 (Jackson, J.), dated September 7, 1995, which denied the application.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the petitioner's application for leave to serve a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) (see, Matter of Buddenhagen v Town of Brookhaven, 212 AD2d 605; Matter of Plantin v New York City Hous. Auth., 203 AD2d 579). Bracken, J. P., Pizzuto, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.