The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 001) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 104, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125 were read on this motion to/for DISMISSAL. DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION In October 2022, pro se plaintiff Devi Nampiaparampil and Metropolis Pain Medicine PLLC (hereinafter, “Metropolis,” which plaintiff solely owns) commenced the instant action against defendant New York City Campaign Finance Board (“CFB”), an independent non-partisan agency tasked with overseeing rules related to the use of public funding in elections for NYC public offices. Some of the agency’s responsibilities include offering candidates training and guidance in complying with campaign finance laws and publishing informational guides to voters. Nampiaparampil alleges, among other things, that when she was running to be New York City’s Public Advocate in 2021, the CFB provided her (whether negligently or intentionally) with false information and made at least two false statements that libeled her. Taken together, plaintiffs allege that the CFB’s actions during the election made it more difficult to secure campaign financing, which in turn caused injuries to both Nampiaparampil’s person and her business. In motion sequence 001, the CFB has moved to dismiss the complaint with prejudice pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) for failure to state a cause of action and (a) (8) for lack of personal jurisdiction. Plaintiffs oppose the motion in its entirety. In addition, they cross move for permission: (1) to file the required Notice of Claim and to deem it as timely served nunc pro tunc; and (2) for Nampiaparampil to represent Metropolis in this matter. For the following reasons, defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted and the cross motion is denied. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Nampiaparampil is a trained physician who in 2021 ran in the general election for the Office of New York City Public Advocate. The CFB is an independent non-partisan agency established by the New York City Campaign Finance Act, codified in the New York City Administrative Code at Title 3, Chapter 7, entitled “Campaign Financing.” (See Admin. Code §3-708.) The CFB holds training sessions to inform those candidates who wish to use public funds in their campaigns on how to comply with various finance regulations, including individual contribution limits and reporting requirements. (Admin. Code §3-703 [15].) Registered candidates, their campaign managers, and their treasurer are required to attend such training programs. (Id.) During one of these mandatory sessions, plaintiffs allege that CFB employees erroneously advised her that she could not use more than three times the maximum allowed individual contribution (for the Office of Public Advocate, $2,000) of her own personal finance to fund her campaign,1 (NYSCEF doc. no. 1 at 10, complaint), that her employees at Metropolis could not work for the campaign as it would be considered a corporate contribution, and that Nampiaparampil’s use of a car would be considered a campaign expense (which allegedly forced her to place herself in danger during the campaign by riding the subway late at night). In addition, she faults the CFB for failing to advise her that she could spend campaign money up front and pay off the debt later. (Id. at 12-14.) Relying on the advice or lack thereof, plaintiffs contend that the CFB interfered with their ability to raise money for the campaign and, consequently, Nampiaparampil was forced to perform campaign activities that could otherwise have been outsourced to professionals, all of which deprived her medical practice of a physician and her small children of a mother. (Id. at 16.) Moreover, the need for fundraising, plaintiffs allege, forced her to hold campaign events that placed her in danger from constituents: at one event, a man injured her and later assaulted her; at another, a man appeared in a “Joker” masked and threatened to kill her as the Joker had Batman’s father. (Id. at
