MATTER OF SINGLETON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Index No. 156802/20. Appeal No. 14376. Case No. 2021-01052.

198 A.D.3d 498 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 608

2021 NY Slip Op 05652

In the Matter of Dwayne Singleton, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent.

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

Decided October 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sim & DePaola, Bayside ( Sang J. Sim of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Daniel Matza-Brown of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Singh, Shulman, Pitt, Higgitt, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion in denying leave to file a late notice of claim pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e(5), almost one year after the criminal charges against petitioner were dismissed. In the proposed notice of claim, petitioner contends, inter alia, that he was falsely arrested, was subjected to assault, and was injured due to respondent's negligent hiring, training and supervision of employees of the Police Department. Petitioner failed...

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