Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed and cross-appealed from, with one bill of costs payable to the defendant Verizon.
The defendant Verizon established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that neither its employees nor its contractors created the alleged hazardous condition in the roadway which allegedly caused the plaintiff to fall (see Palone v City of New York,
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