COMMISSIONG v. STATE OF N.Y. DIV. HOUS. COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Appeal No. 14234. Case No. 2020-04923.

197 A.D.3d 1031 (2021)

151 N.Y.S.3d 890

2021 NY Slip Op 05075

Carol Commissiong, Appellant, v. State of New York Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Respondent.

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

Decided September 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Commissiong, appellant pro se.

Letitia James , Attorney General, New York ( David Lawrence III of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Singh, Kennedy, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ.


The Court of Claims providently exercised its discretion in declining to grant claimant leave to file a late claim and proceed as a poor person. The record does not provide "reasonable cause to believe that a valid cause of action exists" (Ndemenoh v City Univ. of N.Y. [CUNY]-City Coll., 180 A.D.3d 576, 576 [1st Dept 2020] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]).

Although claimant contends that her proposed claims seek to recover damages for injuries...

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