| Prisco v State of New York |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 04219 [62 AD3d 978] |
| May 26, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Dino Prisco, Appellant, v State of New York,Respondent. |
—[*1] Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Peter H. Schiff and Michael S.Buskus of counsel), for respondent.
In a claim, inter alia, to recover damages for injury to property, the claimant appeals from anorder of the Court of Claims (Ruderman, J.), dated April 8, 2008, which granted the defendant'smotion to dismiss the claim pursuant to Court of Claims Act §§ 10 and 11.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Court of Claims properly granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was todismiss the claim as untimely. For purposes of the Court of Claims Act, a claim accrues whendamages are reasonably ascertainable (see Local 851 of Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters v State of New York, 36AD3d 672, 673 [2007]; Kaufman vState of New York, 18 AD3d 503 [2005]; Flushing Natl. Bank v State of New York,210 AD2d 294 [1994]; White Plains Parking Auth. v State of New York, 180 AD2d729, 730 [1992]). Here, the claimant's damages were reasonably ascertainable on or beforeMarch 10, 2000. Since the notice of intention to file a claim was not filed until eight monthslater, in mid-November 2000, the claim was untimely (see Kaufman v State of New York,18 AD3d at 503; Chartrand v State of New York, 46 AD2d 942 [1974]). "The failureto comply with the filing deadlines set forth in Court of Claims Act § 10 is a jurisdictionaldefect which compels the dismissal of the claim[s]" (Local 851 of Intl. Bhd. of Teamsters vState of New York, 36 AD3d at 673). Contrary to the claimant's contention, the limitationsperiod was not extended by the continuing violation doctrine (see Kaufman v State of NewYork, 18 AD3d at 503-504; Selkirk v State of New York, 249 AD2d 818, 819[1998]).
In any event, the Court of Claims also properly determined that the claimant's notice ofintention to file a claim failed to comply with Court of Claims Act § 11 (b). Since thestatutory requirements of the Court of Claims Act must be strictly construed (see Thomas v State of New York, 57AD3d 969, 970 [2008]; Triani vState of New York, 44 AD3d 1032, 1032-1033 [2007]), the failure of the claimant to setforth in the notice of intention to file a claim the time when the claim arose constituted ajurisdictional defect mandating dismissal (see Czynski v State of New York, 53 AD3d 881, 883-884 [2008];Robin BB. v State of New York, 56AD3d 932, 933 [2008]).[*2]
The claimant's remaining contentions either are withoutmerit or have been rendered academic by our determination. Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Eng andBelen, JJ., concur.