*958Since the application was not made until more than a year had elapsed after the happening of the accident, the Special Term had no power to grant the application in any respect (General Municipal Law, § 50-e, subd. 5; Matter of Brown v. Board of Trustees, Hamptonburg School Dist., 303 N. Y. 484; Matter of Martin v. School Bd. [Long Beach], 301 N. Y. 233). Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Hill and Hopkins, JJ., concur.