Since the accident occurred before the effective date of Administrative Code of City of NY § 7-210, defendant property owner had no duty to maintain the adjoining sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition unless it created a defective condition in the sidewalk, used the sidewalk for a special purpose, or gratuitously removed snow or ice in a manner that made the sidewalk more hazardous than it would have been (Puello v City of New York,
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