New Decision on City Sidewalk Liability -- New York City Administrative Code sec. 7-210

With the New York City Council's passage of Adminstrative Code sec. 7-210 (see code here: Download Code.txt ), accidents concerning sidewalk defects that occur after September 14, 2003 shift liability from the City to the abutting landowner.  In King v.  Alltom Props., Inc. (see decision here: Download king_decision.tif), Supreme Court, Kings County addressed the following issue: Whether the abutting landowner may be held liable under section 7-210 where the defective condition is a broken City signpost.

The Court held that the abutting landowner is not held liable because the Code did not shift liability for maintenance of signposts.  The opinion provides a very extensive analysis of sec. 7-210.