Liability was properly imposed on defendant, an out-of-possession owner, in light of plaintiff's demonstration that the absence of a slow-down limit switch on the elevator in defendant's building involved in plaintiff's accident violated a specific requirement of the New York City Administrative Code, and that such absence constituted a structural or design defect rendering the elevator unsafe (see, e.g., Wagner v Grinnell Hous. Dev. Fund Corp.,
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