Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 2003-01299. Attorney(S) Wallace D. Gossett (Steve S. Efron, New York, N.Y. [Renee Cyr], of counsel), for appellant New York City Transit Authority. Gardiner Nolan, Brooklyn, N.Y. (William Gardiner of counsel), for petitioners-respondents. Judges William F. Mastro See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. IN THE MATTER OF KENNETH CARTER, ET AL., petitioners-respondents, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, appellant. DECISION ORDER ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs. The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the petition for leave to serve a late notice of claim ( see General Municipal Law § 50-e(5); Matter of Dubowy v. City of New York, 305 A.D.2d 320; Matter of Affleck v. County of Nassau, 240 A.D.2d 569; Rosenblatt v. City of New York, 160 A.D.2d 927). KRAUSMAN, J.P., SCHMIDT, COZIER and MASTRO, JJ., concur.