File #: TMP -1714    Version: 1
Type: Settlements Status: Adopted
File created: 10/23/2025 In control: Board of Estimate & Contract
On agenda: 10/28/2025 Final action: 10/28/2025
Title: Settlement of Claim for Property Damage for Isandro Hernandez - ($50,000.00)
Attachments: 1. Settlement in the matter of Isandro Hernandez v. City of Mount Vernon - $50,000, 2. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CLAIM FOR PERSONAL INJURY - PEDESTRIAN COLLIDED WITH VEHICLE (ISANDRO HERNANDEZ) - $50,000
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Board of Estimate & Contract:

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT

OF CLAIM FILED BY ISANDRO HERNANDEZ

 

WHEREAS, on September 25, 2020, Isandro Hernandez filed a Notice of Claim against the City of Mount Vernon (the “City”), alleging that he sustained personal injuries on July 16, 2020, after his skateboard collided with the front fender of a police vehicle that was making a right turn; and

WHEREAS, the claimant sought damages in the amount of $250,000 for the injuries sustained; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel, by letter dated October 16, 2025, has recommended that the Board of Estimate and Contract approve a settlement of this matter in the amount of $50,000; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, that the claim of Isandro Hernandez is hereby settled in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), and said settlement is hereby approved; and be it further

RESOLVED, that payment of said settlement shall be made from Budget Code A1930.494 (Judgments & Settlements), 2025 Budget.