MATVEEVA v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Index No. 450675/16. Appeal No. 14963. Case No. 2021-03204.

201 A.D.3d 437 (2022)

156 N.Y.S.3d 740

2022 NY Slip Op 00046

Miroslava Matveeva, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided January 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of William Pager, Brooklyn ( William Pager of counsel), for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( John Moore of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Friedman, Oing, Moulton, Kennedy, JJ.


Plaintiff alleges that she was injured when she tripped and fell on a wooden board that was part of a temporary recreational program set up at Coenties Slip Plaza. The motion court properly concluded that plaintiff's action was subject to the prior written notice requirement set forth in Administrative Code of City of NY § 7-201(c)(2), since the plaza in which plaintiff fell can be characterized as a public way, public place, or pedestrian walk, and therefore falls within...

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