Green v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Margaret A. Chan, J.), entered March 4, 2016, which granted the motion of defendants City of New York, New York City Department of Transportation and New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission to dismiss the complaint as against them, and denied plaintiff’s cross motion to amend the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff was severely injured when, while standing on the sidewalk, a taxicab hopped the curb and struck her. The taxi driver had numerous penalty points on his license that might have supported a suspension of his license prior…