Opinion
14246 Index No. 101048/19 Case No. 2020-04291
09-30-2021
Jerry S. NEEDLEMAN, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Detective Michael MCFADDEN et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Jerry S. Needleman, appellant pro se. Georgia M. Pestana, Corporation Counsel, New York (Elizabeth I. Freedman of counsel), for respondents.
Jerry S. Needleman, appellant pro se.
Georgia M. Pestana, Corporation Counsel, New York (Elizabeth I. Freedman of counsel), for respondents.
Manzanet–Daniels, J.P., Kern, Oing, Rodriguez, Higgitt, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lyle E. Frank, J.), entered March 10, 2020, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Service of a notice of claim is a condition precedent to assertion of a tort claim against a municipal corporation (see General Municipal Law §§ 50–e[1][a], 50–i[1] ; Davidson v. Bronx Mun. Hosp., 64 N.Y.2d 59, 61, 484 N.Y.S.2d 533, 473 N.E.2d 761 [1984] ). The notice of claim requirement applies as well to claims against municipal employees, like defendants here (see Young v. New York City Health & Hosps. Corp., 147 A.D.3d 509, 509, 48 N.Y.S.3d 316 [1st Dept. 2017] ; Cleghorne v. City of New York, 99 A.D.3d 443, 446, 952 N.Y.S.2d 114 [1st Dept. 2012] ). Accordingly, plaintiff's failure to serve a notice of claim on defendants warrants the dismissal of his complaint (see Davidson, 64 N.Y.2d at 62, 484 N.Y.S.2d 533, 473 N.E.2d 761 ).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining contentions, and find them unavailing.