Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The court properly exercised its discretion in denying the petitioner's application for leave to serve a late notice of claim as the petitioner failed to provide a valid excuse for the delay (see, General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]). The petitioner's assertion that he lacked fluency in the English language is an unacceptable excuse for failure to timely serve a notice of claim (see, Matter of Tricomi...
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