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Under NYC Administrative Code, Abutting Owners Have Duty to Maintain Sidewalk in a Reasonably Safe Condition

In reversing Supreme Court, the First Department noted that, pursuant to the NYC Administrative Code, owners of abutting properties are responsible for the safe condition of the sidewalk.  Here it was alleged that defendant’s workers placed garbage bags on the sidewalk which leaked and plaintiff slipped on the slippery sidewalk:

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 … .

Plaintiff’s testimony that she saw defendant’s workers placing garbage bags on the sidewalk in the morning raises issues of fact as to whether defendant is responsible for creating the alleged slippery condition … . Torres v New York City Hous Auth, 2014 NY Slip Op 04425, 1st Dept 6-17-14

 

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