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TORRES v. NEW YORK CITY HOUS. AUTH.

12759, 113038/09.

118 A.D.3d 540 (2014)

988 N.Y.S.2d 162

2014 NY Slip Op 4425

IVONNE TORRES, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 17, 2014.

Plaintiff alleges that she slipped on a greasy liquid leaking from garbage bags placed on the public sidewalk by defendant's workers. Pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-210 (b), the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk has a duty to maintain the sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition and is liable for failure to do so (see Early v Hilton Hotels Corp., 73 A.D.3d 559 [1st Dept 2010]).

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