Riverdale NY Slip and Fall Lawyer
A fall can leave you with a fracture, concussion, torn ligament, back injury, missed work, or the possibility of surgery. While you are trying to recover, the property owner’s insurance company may already be asking for a statement.
You do not need to know whether your case should be called a slip and fall, trip and fall, or premises liability claim. The important questions are what caused you to fall, who controlled that location, and what evidence still exists.
Billy Cooper Law represents people injured by unsafe property conditions throughout the Bronx and New York City. The firm can investigate the accident, identify the responsible parties, preserve evidence, and explain what comes next.
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Types of Injury Cases We Handle in Riverdale NY
- Personal Injury
- E-Bike Accidents
- Uber and Lyft Accidents
- Slip and Fall
- Car Accidents
Slip and Fall Lawyers Serving Bronx County
- Bronx County
- Co-op City
- Kingsbridge
- Soundview
- Riverdale
- Fordham
Why Injured People Turn to Billy Cooper Law
A serious fall is not just an insurance claim. It can affect your ability to work, climb stairs, care for your family, drive, or live independently. Your lawyer should understand those consequences before discussing a settlement.
Billy Cooper Law reports more than 75 years of combined experience. William H. “Billy” Cooper has served as lead trial counsel in serious personal injury matters and was selected to Super Lawyers from 2024 through 2026. Spanish-language assistance is available. Consultations are free, and personal injury matters are handled on a contingency basis, so there is no upfront legal fee. (billycooperlaw.com)
That experience matters when an insurer says the property owner did not know about the hazard, argues that the defect was too small to matter, or blames you for failing to see it.
Why Riverdale Slip and Fall Cases Require a Local Investigation
Riverdale is part of Bronx Community District 8, an area with cooperative apartments, condominiums, one-family homes, smaller residential properties, and large multifamily buildings. Responsibility for a dangerous condition can change from one property to the next. (cbbronx.cityofnewyork.us)
A broken stair inside an apartment building may involve an owner, cooperative board, managing agent, superintendent, or maintenance contractor. A fall outside a store may involve both the commercial tenant and the building owner. A sidewalk accident could raise questions about the adjoining property, prior repairs, utilities, tree roots, or New York City itself.
Riverdale’s terrain adds another practical issue. City-maintained pedestrian stairways—often called step streets—appear in and around the northwest Bronx near West 230th, West 231st, West 238th, and West 256th Streets. On steep walking routes, drainage, ice, lighting, broken pavement, and handrails may become important parts of the investigation. (billycooperlaw.com)
The exact location matters. A difference of a few feet can determine who had the duty to inspect, repair, shovel, salt, or warn.
A Local Fall Injury Snapshot
Bronx Community District 8, which includes Riverdale and surrounding neighborhoods, had 106,924 residents in the 2020 Census, a 5.1% increase from 2010. An earlier NYC Health profile, using 2016 population estimates, reported that 18% of Riverdale and Fieldston residents were age 65 or older. (nyc.gov)
The same health profile reported 2,097 fall-related hospitalizations per 100,000 adults age 65 and older in Riverdale and Fieldston during 2012–2014, compared with 1,677 in the Bronx and 1,604 citywide. These district-level figures do not establish fault in any individual case, but they show how seriously falls can affect older residents in this part of the Bronx. (nyc.gov)
Where Falls Happen in Riverdale
Apartment and Co-op Buildings
Falls in residential buildings may occur on wet lobby floors, uneven walkways, cracked entrance steps, poorly lit staircases, loose carpeting, damaged handrails, or icy approaches.
Records may exist even when no one saw the fall. Tenant complaints, superintendent logs, repair requests, inspection records, emails to management, and building violations can help establish how long a condition existed and who knew about it.
Sidewalks and Step Streets
A sidewalk photograph should show more than a close-up of the crack or raised slab. Wider images may reveal the adjoining building, curb, tree well, utility cover, drainage pattern, nearby construction, lighting, and the route you were walking.
Step-street cases require the same precision. Photograph the particular stair, landing, handrail, light, or patch of ice—not merely the street sign at the top or bottom.
Stores, Restaurants, and Other Businesses
A fall inside a Riverdale business may involve spilled food or liquid, leaking refrigeration equipment, tracked-in rain, loose entrance mats, merchandise in an aisle, defective flooring, or an unmarked change in elevation.
The investigation often turns on inspection practices. Who last checked the area? Was the spill visible on surveillance footage? Did an employee create the condition? Were earlier customers or workers already aware of it?
Snow and Ice
Winter cases are highly dependent on timing. Investigators may need weather records, photographs, snow-removal contracts, salting logs, security video, and testimony about when precipitation stopped.
Refreezing can be especially important on sloped walkways. A property may appear to have been cleared, yet melting snow from a pile, gutter, downspout, or drainage problem may create ice later.
Parking Areas and Building Entrances
Potholes, broken pavement, inadequate lighting, standing water, ice, and poorly marked changes in elevation can make parking lots, driveways, garages, and building entrances unsafe.
Ownership alone may not answer who was responsible. A lease or maintenance agreement may assign inspection, repair, or snow-removal duties to a tenant, property manager, or outside contractor.
Slip and Fall Cases Billy Cooper Law Handles
Billy Cooper Law represents people injured in:
- Apartment and residential building accidents involving entrances, lobbies, hallways, staircases, elevators, laundry rooms, and other common areas
- Sidewalk falls caused by raised slabs, cracks, holes, ice, unsafe curbs, or defective walking surfaces
- Parking lot and garage falls involving potholes, poor drainage, inadequate lighting, snow, or ice
- Supermarket and grocery store falls involving spills, produce, leaking equipment, clutter, or missing warning signs
- Commercial property accidents in stores, restaurants, offices, and other businesses
- Falls inside private homes caused by defective stairs, loose flooring, unsafe walkways, or poor lighting
- Premises liability claims involving snow, ice, defective stairs, wet floors, inadequate maintenance, or dangerous property conditions
What to Do After a Fall
Your health comes first. Once you are safe, focus on information that may disappear quickly.
- Get medical attention. Call 911 for a serious injury. Seek prompt care for a head impact, severe pain, dizziness, weakness, numbness, swelling, or difficulty moving.
- Report the accident. Tell the manager, landlord, superintendent, security officer, or property owner. Ask for an incident-report number and a copy of anything you sign.
- Photograph the cause. Take close photographs and wider views. If you slipped, photograph the liquid, ice, footprints, dirty snow, missing mat, or other condition before it changes.
- Record the exact location. Save the address and note the entrance, stair, apartment number, aisle, parking space, or nearest storefront.
- Get witness information. A witness may have seen the fall, noticed the condition earlier, or heard prior complaints.
- Keep your shoes and clothing. Do not wash, repair, or discard them.
- Write down what happened. Record the weather, lighting, warning signs, conversations, and how your body landed while your memory is fresh.
- Be careful with insurance calls. You can report basic facts without guessing how long the hazard existed or giving a recorded statement before understanding your options.
Billy Cooper Law’s guide to what to do after a New York slip and fall provides additional practical guidance.
Evidence That Can Make the Difference
A property owner’s insurer will rarely volunteer all the records that could help your case. Important evidence may include:
- Surveillance and doorbell-camera footage
- Incident and security reports
- Cleaning and inspection logs
- Snow-removal and salting records
- Weather and temperature information
- Maintenance and janitorial contracts
- Leases and property-management agreements
- Repair requests, work orders, and invoices
- Prior complaints and building violations
- Employee schedules and witness statements
- Photographs taken before and after the accident
- Medical records and proof of lost income
Video deserves immediate attention. Many surveillance systems automatically overwrite recordings. A prompt preservation request can identify the relevant cameras and direct the responsible parties not to destroy the footage.
If the hazard is repaired before it can be inspected, photographs showing its dimensions, shape, color, lighting, and surroundings may become especially important.
What New York Law Requires You to Prove
A property owner is not automatically responsible simply because someone fell. You generally must connect the injury to an unreasonably dangerous condition and show that the responsible party created the condition, knew about it, or should have discovered it through reasonable inspection.
Under Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History, constructive notice generally requires evidence that the condition was visible and apparent and existed long enough for the defendant to discover and correct it. A general awareness that spills or icy conditions sometimes occur may not be enough. (nycourts.gov)
That is why timing evidence matters. Inspection logs, surveillance footage, witness accounts, dirty or tracked-through liquid, repeated complaints, and earlier repair requests may help show how long the hazard was present.
A Small Defect Can Still Be Dangerous
Property owners often argue that a crack, depression, or height difference was too small to create liability. New York does not use a fixed measurement that automatically decides every case.
In Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp., the Court of Appeals explained that courts must consider the defect’s dimensions together with its appearance, location, lighting, surrounding conditions, and whether it presented a trap-like danger. (nycourts.gov)
Photographs and measurements should therefore document the entire setting, not just the deepest point of the defect.
Snow and Ice Claims Depend on the Weather Timeline
New York’s storm-in-progress doctrine generally gives property owners a reasonable opportunity to address naturally accumulating snow and ice after a storm ends. They are not ordinarily required to keep every exposed surface continuously clear during active precipitation. (nycourts.gov)
That does not end every winter claim. Questions may remain about whether an owner created or worsened the condition, whether ice came from defective drainage, whether an earlier storm caused the hazard, or whether the property was left unsafe after a reasonable cleanup period.
New York City also requires responsible owners and occupants to clear a sidewalk path at least four feet wide. Current rules require clearing within four hours when snowfall ends between 7:00 a.m. and 4:59 p.m., within 14 hours when it ends between 5:00 p.m. and 8:59 p.m., and by 11:00 a.m. when it ends overnight. Those sanitation rules can matter, but civil liability still depends on the complete facts. (nyc.gov)
Who Is Responsible for a Riverdale Fall?
Depending on where and how the accident occurred, responsibility may rest with:
- A property owner or landlord
- A cooperative or condominium entity
- A managing agent
- A commercial tenant or business operator
- A maintenance or janitorial company
- A snow-removal contractor
- A construction company
- A government agency or public authority
A contract may assign maintenance duties between these parties. The injured person usually does not have access to that contract immediately, which is one reason not to assume that the most visible business or property owner is the only possible defendant.
For apartment buildings, New York Multiple Dwelling Law § 78 generally requires an owner to keep the multiple dwelling and its lot in good repair. Prior tenant complaints, repair records, and building violations may help show whether the owner or manager had notice of the condition. (nysenate.gov)
Who Is Responsible for a Riverdale Sidewalk?
New York City law generally places the duty to maintain an adjoining sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition on the abutting property owner. That duty includes repairing defective sidewalk flags and addressing snow, ice, dirt, and other materials.
There is an important exception for one-, two-, and three-family residential properties that are owner-occupied and used exclusively for residential purposes. In those cases, responsibility may be treated differently. NYC Administrative Code § 7-210 sets out these rules. (codelibrary.amlegal.com)
Sidewalk cases can also involve City property, utility work, construction, tree-related conditions, or prior municipal repairs. If a claim is made against New York City, its prior-written-notice law may require proof that the City received legally sufficient written notice of the defect before the accident, subject to limited exceptions. A Notice of Claim filed after the accident is not the same thing as prior written notice. (codelibrary.amlegal.com)
What If You Were Partly at Fault?
Insurance companies may argue that you were distracted, looking at your phone, wearing the wrong shoes, or failing to watch where you were walking.
For an ordinary premises liability case, CPLR § 1411 generally allows you to recover even if you share some responsibility. Your damages may be reduced according to your percentage of fault rather than eliminated entirely. (nysenate.gov)
A condition being “open and obvious” also does not automatically resolve every case. Lighting, crowding, distractions, the available route, and whether the property was still unreasonably dangerous may all matter.
Deadlines for Riverdale Slip and Fall Claims
Most New York negligence actions seeking compensation for personal injuries must be filed within three years under CPLR § 214. (nysenate.gov)
That does not mean it is safe to wait. Snow melts, spills are cleaned, defects are repaired, video is erased, employees leave, and witnesses become harder to find.
Much shorter deadlines may apply if New York City, a public school, a transit authority, or another government entity owned or controlled the accident location.
Claims Involving New York City or a Transit Authority
A tort claim against New York City generally requires service of a Notice of Claim within 90 days under General Municipal Law § 50-e. A lawsuit is generally subject to a separate one-year-and-90-day deadline under General Municipal Law § 50-i. The City may also require sworn testimony at a hearing before a lawsuit begins. (nysenate.gov)
Claims against the New York City Transit Authority generally require a 90-day Notice of Claim and are subject to a one-year-and-90-day lawsuit deadline under Public Authorities Law § 1212. Claims involving MTA-related entities may implicate Public Authorities Law § 1276 or other entity-specific rules. (nysenate.gov)
Do not assume that every station, stairway, bus stop, sidewalk, or pedestrian approach is controlled by the same agency. The responsible entity should be identified immediately.
New York City accepts claims through the NYC Comptroller’s claim system, but submitting information to another City department or making a 311 complaint does not necessarily satisfy the formal Notice of Claim requirements. (comptroller.nyc.gov)
Insurance and Compensation After a Serious Fall
A claim is typically presented to the liability insurer for the property owner, business, landlord, or other responsible party. That insurer investigates for its policyholder—not for you. It may question whether the hazard existed, whether anyone had notice, whether your injury came from the fall, and whether you share fault.
Depending on the evidence, compensation may address:
- Emergency care and hospitalization
- Surgery, physical therapy, and rehabilitation
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Reduced future earning ability
- Pain and suffering
- Permanent impairment or scarring
- Loss of mobility or independence
- Household assistance
- Transportation and other injury-related expenses
- Accessibility changes and assistive equipment
A case should not be resolved before the likely medical consequences are reasonably understood. The first diagnosis may not reveal whether you will need surgery, injections, ongoing therapy, or help at home.
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Local Courts, Medical Care, and Records
Bronx County Supreme Court
When Bronx County is the proper venue, a substantial slip and fall lawsuit may be handled by the Bronx County Supreme Court, Civil Term at 851 Grand Concourse. (nycourts.gov)
Medical Care
Call 911 for a medical emergency. One nearby hospital serving Riverdale and surrounding communities is NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital. The appropriate destination will depend on your condition and emergency medical direction.
Even if you were able to leave the scene, seek medical attention for symptoms such as a head impact, worsening pain, dizziness, numbness, weakness, confusion, or limited movement.
Property and Government Records
Useful records may be held by several agencies:
- NYC DOT provides information about sidewalk inspections, violations, repairs, and property-owner responsibilities.
- NYC311 accepts reports involving sidewalk staircases and other public conditions.
- The DOB NOW Public Portal provides access to building filings and violation information, with some older records maintained in legacy systems.
- The NYC Comptroller processes claims made against New York City.
The existence of a complaint or violation does not automatically prove a personal injury case. It may, however, help establish notice, ownership, maintenance history, or the nature of a recurring problem. (nyc.gov)
How Billy Cooper Law Investigates a Fall
A useful investigation begins with the exact spot where your foot slipped, caught, or lost support.
Depending on the case, Billy Cooper Law may:
- Inspect and photograph the accident location
- Identify the owner, tenant, manager, and contractors
- Send preservation requests for surveillance footage and records
- Obtain incident reports and inspection logs
- Review leases and maintenance agreements
- Investigate prior complaints, repairs, and violations
- Gather snow-removal records and weather information
- Interview witnesses and building employees
- Review medical evidence and consult appropriate experts
- Document lost earnings, future care, and the effect of the injury on daily life
The goal is not simply to prove that you fell. It is to explain why the fall happened, who had a reasonable opportunity to prevent it, and what the injury has taken from you.
Related Resources
For guidance beyond premises liability, visit the firm’s Riverdale personal injury page.
You can also read more about New York premises liability claims and what to do after a slip and fall.
Tell Us What Happened
If you were injured in a Riverdale apartment building, store, parking area, home, station, or public walkway, you do not have to determine ownership and liability on your own.
Tell Billy Cooper Law where you fell, what caused it, and what has happened since. The firm can identify evidence that should be preserved, investigate who controlled the location, and explain the deadlines that may apply.
Call (718) 866-3311 or (914) 730-5789, or contact Billy Cooper Law online for a free consultation. Spanish-language assistance is available. If a government or transit agency may be involved, ask about the applicable deadlines promptly.
Riverdale NY Slip-and-Fall FAQs: Responsibility, Evidence, and Deadlines
These answers provide general information about New York slip-and-fall claims. The property, responsible parties, applicable local rules, available evidence, and specific facts can change the analysis.
What must I prove in a Riverdale NY slip-and-fall claim?
You generally must prove that a person or entity responsible for the property failed to use reasonable care and that this failure caused your injury. New York measures a landowner or occupier’s conduct under the circumstances, including the foreseeability and seriousness of the danger. When the defendant did not create the hazard, proof of actual or constructive notice is often central.
A fall by itself does not establish negligence. The evidence should identify the specific liquid, ice, broken surface, poor lighting, missing safety feature, or other condition; connect it to the fall; and show why the responsible party had a fair opportunity or duty to address it. Local code provisions and the defendant’s control of the location may also affect the analysis.
Sources: New York Court of Appeals decision in Basso v. Miller; New York Court of Appeals decision in Henry v. Hamilton Equities, Inc..
How can I show that a property owner knew or should have known about the hazard?
You can use direct proof of actual notice or facts supporting constructive notice. Complaints, work orders, employee reports, prior observations, or an admission may show actual awareness. Constructive notice generally requires proof that the particular condition was visible and apparent and existed long enough for the defendant to discover and correct it.
A general awareness that floors sometimes become wet or debris sometimes falls is usually not enough. Useful evidence can include surveillance video, inspection and cleaning records, witness accounts, earlier complaints, employee testimony, and photographs showing tracking, dirt, deterioration, or other signs of duration. The exact condition and timeline matter, so prompt preservation and a precise description are more useful than assumptions about how long the hazard existed.
Sources: New York Court of Appeals decision in Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History; New York Appellate Division decision in Contreras v. Parkash.
Who may be responsible when an owner, tenant, manager, or contractor shares control?
A maintenance or snow-removal contract ordinarily does not, by itself, create a tort duty to every injured visitor. New York recognizes limited exceptions, including when a contractor creates or increases a danger, a person reasonably relies on continued performance, or the contract entirely displaces another party’s premises-safety duty. Identifying every potentially responsible entity early helps preserve the correct agreements, insurance information, and maintenance evidence.
Sources: New York Court of Appeals decision in Gronski v. County of Monroe; New York Appellate Division decision in Foster v. Herbert Slepoy Corp..
What evidence should I preserve after a slip-and-fall in Riverdale NY?
Preserve clear photographs and video of the exact hazard, its surroundings, lighting, warning signs, and the route you took. Keep the shoes and clothing you wore without altering them, obtain witness contact information, save receipts and medical records, and write down the time, weather, and what happened while your memory is fresh. Request a copy of any incident report you complete.
Keep original digital files and metadata, and consider promptly requesting preservation of surveillance footage, inspection logs, cleaning records, and repair documents because routine systems may overwrite them. New York disclosure rules allow material and necessary information to be sought after litigation begins, while spoliation law examines control, preservation duties, culpability, and relevance when evidence is lost. Do not trespass or risk another injury to collect proof.
Sources: New York CPLR 3101 scope of disclosure; New York Court of Appeals decision in Pegasus Aviation I, Inc. v. Varig Logistica S.A..
How long do I have to file a New York slip-and-fall claim?
Many negligence actions against private parties must be started within three years, but you should not treat three years as a universal deadline. New York CPLR 214(5) supplies that general personal-injury period, while the identity of the property owner, the injured person’s legal status, and other statutes can change the required timing.
Claims involving a city, county, town, village, school district, or another public entity can require a notice of claim within 90 days and may carry a one-year-and-90-day suit period. A negligence claim against New York State generally requires a claim or notice of intention within 90 days, with additional filing and service rules. Identify the correct public owner immediately because late-claim relief is limited and fact-specific.
Sources: New York CPLR 214 personal-injury limitation period; New York General Municipal Law 50-e notice requirement; New York General Municipal Law 50-i commencement rules; New York Court of Claims Act section 10.
Can I recover if I was distracted or partly at fault for the fall?
Yes, partial fault does not ordinarily eliminate recovery in a New York premises-liability claim. Under CPLR 1411(a), conduct attributed to the injured person can reduce recoverable damages in the same proportion, while leaving a claim against a negligent property defendant available. The rule does not guarantee recovery; duty, breach, causation, injury, and damages still require proof.
The parties may dispute whether footwear, a phone, a warning, the chosen route, lighting, or the visibility of the condition contributed to the fall. Those facts are weighed alongside the defendant’s conduct. The Court of Appeals has also held that a plaintiff seeking partial summary judgment on a defendant’s liability need not first prove freedom from comparative negligence, although comparative fault may still be decided separately.
Sources: New York CPLR 1411 comparative-fault rule; New York Court of Appeals decision in Rodriguez v. City of New York.
What if I slipped on snow or ice while a storm was still happening?
The timing and location of the condition matter. New York’s storm-in-progress rule may suspend an outdoor property owner’s duty to remedy snow or ice created by ongoing precipitation until the storm ends and a reasonable time passes. It does not automatically resolve whether the ice predated the storm or whether snow-removal work created or worsened the hazard.
Preserve the precise time and place of the fall, photographs, witness observations, weather information, and records of shoveling, plowing, salting, or drainage. A 2026 Appellate Division decision clarified that the storm-in-progress rule does not apply to an accident inside a building; an indoor wet-floor claim instead turns on ordinary premises-liability principles, including creation and notice. Each weather event and maintenance response requires its own factual analysis.
Sources: New York Court of Appeals decision in Solazzo v. New York City Transit Authority; New York Appellate Division decision in Rowland v. Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Can a small crack, uneven step, or code violation support a claim?
Yes, a physically small defect can support a claim when its characteristics and surroundings make it unreasonably dangerous. New York has no automatic minimum height or depth that decides every trip-and-fall case. Courts examine the defect’s dimensions, shape, appearance, location, lighting, and the time, place, and circumstances, including whether it functioned like a trap or was difficult to traverse safely.
A building or property-maintenance code may add relevant safety evidence, but its effect depends on the provision, the code in force, who it protects, and whether the violation caused the fall. A local ordinance violation is generally evidence of negligence rather than automatic liability. State and local rules differ, and New York City maintains its own building-code system, so the correct location-specific provision must be verified.
Sources: New York Court of Appeals decision in Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.; New York Department of State building-code FAQs; New York Appellate Division decision in Yenem Corp. v. 281 Broadway Holdings.
Should I seek medical care if pain or dizziness appeared after the fall?
Seek appropriate medical care for new or worsening symptoms, and use emergency services for warning signs after a possible head injury. The CDC explains that some mild traumatic brain injury or concussion symptoms can begin hours or days later. Emergency warning signs include a worsening headache, repeated vomiting, seizure, weakness or numbness, slurred speech, unusual behavior, unequal pupils, or difficulty waking.
Tell the clinician when and how the fall happened, describe every symptom accurately, follow the care plan, and keep records of diagnoses, restrictions, prescriptions, referrals, and missed work. New York’s Department of Health advises older adults who fall and hit their head to see a healthcare provider immediately. Medical evaluation protects health and documents the clinical timeline, but this general information cannot diagnose an injury or establish legal fault.
Sources: CDC signs and symptoms of mild TBI and concussion; New York State Department of Health older-adult fall guidance.
What damages may be recoverable after a New York slip-and-fall?
Recoverable damages may include supported past and future medical expenses, lost earnings, diminished earning ability, and conscious pain and suffering when the defendant’s liability and the injury’s causal connection are proven. New York CPLR 4111 requires juries in personal-injury actions to itemize applicable categories and separate past from future damages rather than return an unexplained universal figure.
There is no reliable formula or guaranteed value for a slip-and-fall claim. The evidence may include medical records and testimony, prognosis, work and tax records, functional limitations, comparative fault, and the duration of future losses. CPLR 4545 also permits certain collateral-source evidence and post-verdict reductions, subject to statutory exceptions and offsets. Any evaluation therefore depends on the record and applicable coverage, reimbursement, and lien rules.
Sources: New York CPLR 4111 itemized personal-injury verdicts; New York CPLR 4545 collateral-source rules.
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Riverdale and New York City
- Bronx Community Board 8 District Profile
- NYC Department of City Planning 2020 Community District Census Profiles
- NYC Health 2018 Community Health Profile for Riverdale and Fieldston
- NYC311 Sidewalk Staircase Information
- NYC DOT Sidewalk Information
- NYC Department of Sanitation Snow and Ice Removal Laws
- DOB NOW Public Portal Information
- NYC Comptroller Claim Filing Information
- Bronx County Supreme Court, Civil Term
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
New York Law
- CPLR § 214 — Personal Injury Filing Period
- CPLR § 1411 — Comparative Fault
- General Municipal Law § 50-e — Notice of Claim
- General Municipal Law § 50-i — Municipal Tort Actions
- Multiple Dwelling Law § 78 — Repairs
- Public Authorities Law § 1212 — New York City Transit Authority Claims
- Public Authorities Law § 1276 — MTA Claims
- NYC Administrative Code § 7-210 — Sidewalk Liability
- NYC Administrative Code § 7-201 — Actions Against the City
- Gordon v. American Museum of Natural History
- Hutchinson v. Sheridan Hill House Corp.
- Solazzo v. New York City Transit Authority
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