It is undisputed that plaintiff, a house painter, was injured while sanding a recanvased wall at premises owned by the Ezra defendants. Inasmuch as plaintiff presented evidence that his injury resulted from his fall from an unsecured ladder, he set forth a prima facie case of liability under Labor Law § 240 (1) (see, Wasilewski v Museum of Modern Art,
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