Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Contrary to the plaintiffs' contentions, the Supreme Court properly dismissed their Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action because the injured plaintiff's fall from a ladder was not one of the special risks contemplated by the statute, but rather, a usual or ordinary danger of his particular trade (see, Rodriguez v Tietz Ctr. for Nursing Care,
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