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UNDER THE NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS ARE LIABLE FOR THE CONDITION OF SIDEWALKS BUT NOT CITY OWNED TREE WELLS, UNLESS THEY AFFIRMATIVELY CREATE THE DANGEROUS CONDITION, NEGLIGENTLY REPAIR THE AREA, OR CREATE THE DANGEROUS CONDITION BY A SPECIAL USE; HERE PLAINTIFF SLIPPED AND FELL BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE TREE WELL, NOT THE SIDEWALK, AND NONE OF THE OTHER LIABILITY THEORIES APPLIED (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendant property owner and manager could not be held liable for the condition of a tree well within a city sidewalk. Therefore their motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case should have been granted:

Administrative Code of the City of New York § 7-210, which became effective September 14, 2003, shifted tort liability for injuries arising from a defective sidewalk from the City to the abutting property owner … . However, “section 7-210 does not impose civil liability on property owners for injuries that occur in city-owned tree wells” … . Thus, “liability may be imposed on the abutting landowner in such instances only where she or he has ‘affirmatively created the dangerous condition, negligently made repairs to the area, [or] caused the dangerous condition to occur through a special use of that area'” … . Ivry v City of New York, 2022 NY Slip Op 04157, Second Dept 6-29-22

Practice Point: Under the NYC Administrative Code, abutting property owners can be liable for a slip and fall due to the condition of the sidewalk, but not a city-owned tree well.

 

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