The following excerpt is from Sanchez v. City of N.Y., No. 17-2796-cv (2nd Cir. 2018):
To begin, we note that it is a well-settled general rule that an appellate court will not consider an issue raised for the first time on appeal. See Greene v. United States, 13 F.3d 577, 586 (2d Cir. 1994). Entertaining issues raised for the first time on appeal, however, is discretionary, and we choose to exercise our discretion to address the claims to the extent the claims were developed in the record below. See id.
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