Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the petitioners' application for leave to serve a late notice of claim. The respondent did not acquire actual knowledge of the essential facts of the petitioners' claim until approximately 8½ months after the accident is alleged to have occurred (see, General Municipal Law § 50-e [5]; Ribeiro v Town of N. Hempstead,
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