WILLIAMS v. CITY OF NEW YORK


256 A.D.2d 332 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 340

MATTHEW WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant, and NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 7, 1998.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Liability under General Municipal Law § 205-e is imposed upon a defendant when a plaintiff has made "the required showing that his injuries were practically and reasonably connected to [a] violation by the defendant" of a statute or code (Hoey v Kuchler, 249 A.D.2d 365, 368). The defendant New York City Housing Authority (hereinafter the Housing...

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