Opinion
02-28-2017
Claim Tonyia WATSON, Claimant–Appellant, v. The STATE of New York, Defendant–Respondent.
Tonyia B. Watson, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York (David Lawrence III of counsel), for respondent.
Tonyia B. Watson, appellant pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York (David Lawrence III of counsel), for respondent.
Orders, Court of Claims of the State of New York (Thomas H. Scuccimarra, J.), entered October 14, 2015 and (Faviola A. Soto, J.) entered October 22, 2015, which granted defendant's motions to dismiss the claims, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The Court of Claims properly dismissed the first claim because claimant's service thereof was untimely (see Miles v. City Univ. of N.Y., 126 A.D.3d 609, 6 N.Y.S.3d 54 [1st Dept.2015] ; Court of Claims Act § 10[3] ). The court also properly found that both claims at issue failed to comply with the pleading requirements of Court of Claims Act § 11(b) (see Lepkowski v. State of New York, 1 N.Y.3d 201, 209, 770 N.Y.S.2d 696, 802 N.E.2d 1094 [2003] ). Notwithstanding claimant's pro se status, strict construction of and compliance with such statutory preconditions to suit under the Court of Claims Act is required (see Kolnacki v. State of New York, 8 N.Y.3d 277, 280–281, 832 N.Y.S.2d 481, 864 N.E.2d 611 [2007] ).
We have considered claimant's remaining arguments and find them unavailing.
ANDRIAS, J.P., FEINMAN, GISCHE, GESMER, JJ., concur.