Dillard v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard H. Sherman, J.), entered January 28, 2013, which granted the motion of defendant New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

Plaintiff, a resident of a housing development owned and maintained by NYCHA, alleges that she slipped and fell on exterior steps covered in snow and ice, which connect the plaza outside her building to a park area that leads to an adjacent *505public roadway. Defendant NYCHA does not dispute that it had constructive…