Plaintiff was injured when he fell on a defective stairway located in a municipal park. Contrary to defendant's arguments, prior written notice of the defective stairway pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-201 (the Pothole Law) was not required as a condition of defendant's liability. The stairway was not a "street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk or crosswalk" within the meaning of General Municipal Law § 50-e (4), the statute authorizing...
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