Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
General Municipal Law § 50-e (2) provides, in relevant part, that notice be given of the "time when, the place where and the manner in which the claim arose". The purpose of the notice of claim requirement is to afford the municipality an adequate opportunity to timely investigate and defend the claim (see, Levine v City of New York,
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