Tubens v. New York City Housing Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered on or about October 18, 1996, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff’s complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.

On January 17, 1994, shortly before 1:00 p.m., plaintiff fractured her ankle when she fell on the snow and ice-covered steps of a building owned by defendant Housing Authority. While it had been snowing on the morning of the accident, it was plaintiffs contention, based on weather reports and her hearing and…