Matter of Duncan v. City of New York , 144 A.D.3d 1030 ( 2016 )

Matter of Duncan v City of New York (2016 NY Slip Op 07955)

Matter of Duncan v City of New York

2016 NY Slip Op 07955

Decided on November 23, 2016

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 23, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SHERI S. ROMAN
JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.

2015-07243
(Index No. 62/14)

[*1]In the Matter of Rodney Duncan, also known as Rodney King, respondent,

v

City of New York, appellant.

Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York, NY (Pamela Seider Dolgow and Victoria Scalzo of counsel), for appellant.

James Greenberg, P.C. (Burns & Harris, New York, NY [Blake G. Goldfarb, Alison R. Keenan, and Judith F. Stempler], of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e(5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the City of New York appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Baynes, J.), dated October 15, 2014, which granted the petition.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under the particular facts of this case, the Supreme Court properly granted the instant petition.

ENG, P.J., AUSTIN, ROMAN and COHEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court