Heras v. 2674 Valentine Avenue Housing Development Fund Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered August 23, 1994, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Issues of fact remain as to whether the self-closing feature of the building’s inner door had been improperly maintained (Dean v New York City Hous. Auth., 191 AD2d 338), since, according to plaintiff’s deposition, the assailants had enough time to approach the building from some distance and gain entry before the door closed. Moreover, it is not clear whether it was possible for the door…