Among the factors to be considered in deciding an application to serve a late notice of claim are whether the public corporation had actual knowledge of the claim and the infancy of the party making the motion (General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]). Not only was the delay here unrelated to petitioner's infancy, as counsel was retained within 90 days of the incident (see, Matter of Sampson v Cazzari,
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