Int. No. 62
By Council Members Fusco, Rivera, McCaffrey, Provenzano, Ognibene, Povman, Abel, Stabile and Golden; also Council Member O'Donovan.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to prior notice of defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed streets, highways or crosswalks.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 of §7-201 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended to read as follows:
2. No civil action shall be maintained against the city for damage to property or injury to person or death sustained in consequence of any [street, highway,] bridge, wharf, culvert,[,] or sidewalk [or crosswalk,] or any part or portion of any of the foregoing including any encumbrances thereon or attachments thereto, being out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, unless it appears that written notice of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, was actually given to the commissioner of transportation, any person or department authorized by the commissioner to receive such notice, any city agency, any community board, or where there was previous injury to person or property as a result of the existence of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, and written notice thereof was given to a city agency, or there was written acknowledgement from the city of the defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition, and there was a failure or neglect within fifteen days after the receipt of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of, or the place otherwise made reasonably safe.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
Referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations.