Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the appellants' present contentions, the absence of an acceptable excuse for the delay does not necessarily prove fatal to an application for leave to serve a late notice of claim, nor does such an application require consideration of the substantive merits of the lawsuit (see, Matter of Reisse v County of Nassau,
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