MATTER OF STANLEY v. CITY OF NEW YORK HOUSING AUTHORITY


257 A.D.2d 497 (1999)

684 N.Y.S.2d 522

In the Matter of MARIA STANLEY, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of EDWARD RIVERA, JR., Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant.

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

Decided January 21, 1999.


Although not served with petitioner's notice of claim until four and a half years after the infant petitioner was diagnosed with lead poisoning, respondent acquired knowledge of the essential facts constituting the claim within a month of the diagnosis, when it received the Department of Health's nuisance abatement stating that petitioner's health was in danger due to high levels of lead paint in the apartment. Inasmuch as respondent tested the apartment for lead almost immediately...

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