Ordered that the interlocutory judgment is affirmed, with costs.
"It has long been held that a municipality owe[s] to the public the absolute duty of keeping its streets in a reasonably safe condition. While this duty is nondelegable, it is measured by the courts with consideration given to the proper limits on intrusion into the municipality's planning and decision-making functions" (Friedman v State of New York,
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