Opinion
Submitted September 5, 2001.
September 17, 2001.
In a proceeding pursuant to General Municipal Law § 50-e(5) for leave to serve a late notice of claim, the Village of Rockville Centre and Rockville Centre Electric appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lally, J.), dated September 7, 2000, which granted the application.
Hammill, O'Brien, Croutier, Dempsey Pender, P.C., Mineola, N Y (Anton Piotroski of counsel), for appellants.
Fine, Olin Anderman, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Edward M. Steves of counsel), for respondents.
Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, LEO F. McGINITY, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, SANDRA L. TOWNES, JJ.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the petitioner's application (see, General Municipal Law § 50-e; Matter of Affleck v. County of Nassau, 240 A.D.2d 569).