Long v. State of New York

In Long v. State of New York (7 NY3d 269, 276 [2006]), the Court of Appeals dismissed an unjust conviction claim because it was verified by counsel, not personally by the claimant, citing subdivision (4) and also quoting the 1984 Report of the Law Revision Commission that a claim "must be personally verified." The Long Court rejected the use of a more general provision of the Court of Claims Act, section 11 (b), which requires that a claim be verified in the same manner as a complaint in Supreme Court; CPLR 3020 (d) (3) permits verification by a party's attorney if the party is not "in the county" where the attorney has his or her office.