Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the application to serve a late notice of claim is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.
The fact that the petitioner was unaware that General Municipal Law § 50-e requires a notice of claim to be served within 90 days after accrual of the claim, is not a legally acceptable excuse for the failure to comply (see, Matter of Ragin v City of New York,
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