ISSUE
Does the recent "Financial Emergency" encountered by the City of New York constitute a sufficient legal excuse for a three-year default by the Corporation Counsel in asserting a claimed affirmative defense to a pending proceeding or is it simply "law office failure"?
FACTS
In April, 1967, the defendant, the City of New York (City) awarded the plaintiff, John...
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