Jacqueline S. v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Hancock, Jr., J.

The plaintiff was a resident of one of several apartment buildings in a housing complex when she was abducted and raped by an assailant inside her building. In opposing defendant’s motion for summary judgment, plaintiff produced evidence of violent criminal activity in the housing complex and of dangerous conditions in the building where she resided. The Appellate Division granted defendant summary judgment, however, holding that plaintiffs allegations contained insufficient "experiential evidence” of criminal activity to raise a triable issue as to…