Contrary to defendant's objection to the jury charge and the other rulings of the court that placed the burden on defendant to show that it did not have notice of the absence of lights in the stairwell, plaintiff's evidence that a lack of illumination in violation of Multiple Dwelling Law § 37 was a proximate cause of his accident shifted the burden to defendant on the issue of notice (see Santiago v New York City Hous. Auth.,
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