Order reversed, with $50 costs and disbursements, and claimants' motion to file a late notice of claim is granted.
Under the circumstances of this case, the Court of Claims erred when it denied claimants' motion on the ground that they failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for not filing a timely notice of claim. "[T]he tender of a reasonable excuse * * * is not a precondition to permission to file a late claim such as to constitute a sine qua non for the requested...
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