MATTER OF PUNGELLO v. NEW YORK CITY HOUS. AUTH.


181 A.D.2d 511 (1992)

In the Matter of Joseph Pungello, Respondent, v. New York City Housing Authority, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 12, 1992


General Municipal Law § 50-e (5) specifically provides that in determining whether to permit service of a late notice of claim, the court shall consider "excusable error concerning the identity of the public corporation against which the claim should be asserted". Recently, this court found excusable error where the claimant's counsel, based on information in the warrants of arrest, failed to discover that Housing Authority police were involved in the arrest (Matter...

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