Opinion
No. 2010-05296.
March 22, 2011.
In a proceeding pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 10 (6) for leave to file a late claim, the claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Claims (Waldon, J.), dated September 1, 2005, which denied his petition.
O'Connor, O'Connor, Hintz Deveney, LLP, Melville, N.Y. (Kevin J. Murtagh of counsel), for appellant.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Peter H. Schiff and Robert M. Goldfarb of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Dillon, J.P., Leventhal, Belen, Austin and Cohen, JJ.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Court of Claims providently exercised its discretion in denying the claimant's petition for leave to file a late claim. Upon weighing the statutory factors set forth in Court of Claims Act § 10 (6) ( see Edens v State of New York, 259 AD2d 729, 730; Holly v State of New York, 191 AD2d 678), the Court of Claims properly determined that the claimant failed to come forth with a reasonable excuse for his failure to file a timely claim and failed to demonstrate that his claim was potentially meritorious.