Lopez-Ramos v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered April 10, 2015, which denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Dismissal of the complaint is warranted in this action where plaintiff alleges that he was injured when, while descending the interior stairway in defendants’ building, he slipped and fell down the stairs. Although plaintiff submitted evidence showing areas of worn paint by the metal nosing of the stairs,…