Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
An abutting landowner will be liable to a pedestrian injured by a defect in a public sidewalk only when the owner either created the condition or caused the defect to occur because of a special use, or when a statute or ordinance obligates the owner to maintain the sidewalk and expressly makes the owner liable for injuries caused by a breach of that duty (see, Meyer v Guinta,
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